Started working on configuration file

config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import os
+import ConfigParser
+
+class _Configuration(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.filename = os.path.join(os.path.join(os.getenv("HOME"), ".4grab"), "config.cfg")
+        self.configparser = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+        if not os.path.exists(self.filename):
+            self.create_new()
+        else:
+            self.configparser.read(self.filename)
+
+    def create_new(self):
+        self.configparser.add_section("settings")
+        self.configparser.set("settings", "category", self.raw_input_with_default("w", "Please enter which category you would like to download from: "))
+        
+        self.configparser.add_section("locations")
+        self.configparser.set("locations", "download", self.raw_input_with_default(os.path.join(os.getenv("HOME"), "Pictures"), "Please enter where you would like the downloads to go: "))
+
+        with open(self.filename) as configfile:
+            self.configparser.write(configfile)
+
+    def raw_input_with_default(self, default, prompt):
+        inp = raw_input("%s (default=%s): " % (prompt, default))
+        if inp == "":
+            return default
+        return inp
+
+    def get_download_location(self):
+        return self.configparser.get("locations", "download")
+
+    def get_category(self):
+        return self.configparser.get("settings", "category")
+
+_configuration = _Configuration()
+def Configuration(): return _configuration

download.py

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import urllib
 import os
 import htmlparser
 import progressbar
+import config
 
-savedir = "/home/slash/Pictures/4grab/"
+savedir = Configuration().get_download_location()
 
 def get_thread_links(baseurl):
     myparser = htmlparser.MyParser()
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ def get_images(t = []):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Get a file-like object for the 4chan.org w/imgboard
-    base_url = "http://boards.4chan.org/w/"
+    base_url = "http://boards.4chan.org/" + Configuration().get_category() + "/"
  
     # Get the hyperlinks.
     t = get_thread_links(base_url)