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+//! Configuration module of the telegram bot. Here it gets its information to
+//! login to its homeserver.
+
+use config::{Config, ConfigError, File as ConfigFile};
+
+/// Configuration struct of a bot
+pub struct BotConfig
+{
+    user:           String,
+    password:       String,
+    homeserver_url: String,
+}
+
+impl BotConfig
+{
+    /// Read the default bot configuration file
+    ///
+    /// # Return
+    /// The configuration needed for the bot to function, or, if the
+    /// configuration file cannot be read, the error that occured while
+    /// trying to load the configuration file.
+    pub fn from_config_file() -> Result<BotConfig, ConfigError>
+    {
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.merge(ConfigFile::with_name("botconfig"))?;
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            user:           config.get_str("user")?,
+            password:       config.get_str("password")?,
+            homeserver_url: config.get_str("homeserver_url")?,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Get the username that should be used by the bot
+    pub fn user(&self) -> &String { &self.user }
+    /// Get the password the bot should use to authenticate its user
+    pub fn password(&self) -> &String { &self.password }
+    /// Get the homeserver of the bot where it should send the login data to
+    pub fn homeserver_url(&self) -> &String { &self.homeserver_url }
+}