@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/adedomin/indenttext"
+)
+
+var (
+	Nick = "paprika"
+	Pass = ""
+	Host = "irc.rizon.net:6667"
+	Sasl = ""
+	Tls = false
+	ChanJoinStr = "JOIN #taigobot-test"
+	DbPath = ""
+	ApiKeys = make(map[string]string)
+)
+
+func init() {
+	configPath := ""
+	inC := false
+	initMode := false
+	for _, v := range os.Args {
+		switch v {
+		case "-c", "--config":
+			inC = true
+		case "-h", "--help":
+			usage()
+		default:
+			if inC {
+				configPath = v
+			} else if v == "init" {
+				initMode = true
+			} else if v == "help" {
+				usage()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if initMode {
+		createConfig(configPath)
+	}
+
+	var file *os.File
+	var err error
+	if configPath == "" {
+		file = findConfig()
+	} else {
+		file, err = os.Open(configPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error: Could not open config path.")
+			log.Fatalf("- %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	firstChannel := true
+	var chanList strings.Builder
+	err = indenttext.Parse(file, func (parents []string, item string, typeof indenttext.ItemType) bool {
+		if len(parents) == 1 && typeof == indenttext.Value {
+			switch parents[0] {
+			case "nick":
+				Nick = item
+			case "pass":
+				Pass = item
+			case "host":
+				Host = item
+			case "sasl":
+				Sasl = item
+			case "tls":
+				if item == "true" {
+					Tls = true
+				} else {
+					Tls = false
+				}
+			case "channels":
+				if firstChannel {
+					chanList.WriteString(item)
+					firstChannel = false
+				} else {
+					chanList.WriteByte(',')
+					chanList.WriteString(item)
+				}
+			case "db-path":
+				DbPath = item
+			}
+		} else if len(parents) == 2 && typeof == indenttext.Value {
+			if parents[0] == "api-keys" {
+				ApiKeys[parents[1]] = item
+			}
+		}
+		return false
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if chanList.Len() > 0 {
+		ChanJoinStr = splitChannelList(chanList.String())
+	}
+
+	if DbPath == "" {
+		DbPath = getDbPath()
+	}
+}
+

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+)
+
+//go:embed example.conf
+var exampleConfig []byte
+
+func configPaths() []string {
+	var configChoices []string
+	// from most desirable to least desirable config path
+	if xdgConfigHome := os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"); xdgConfigHome != "" {
+		configChoices = append(configChoices, path.Join(xdgConfigHome, "paprika.conf"))
+	}
+	if home := os.Getenv("HOME"); home != "" {
+		configChoices = append(configChoices, path.Join(home, ".config", "paprika.conf"))
+	}
+	systemdConfigDir := os.Getenv("CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY")
+	if systemdConfigDir != "" {
+		configChoices = append(configChoices, path.Join(systemdConfigDir, "paprika.conf"))
+	} else {
+		configChoices = append(configChoices, path.Join("/etc", "paprika.conf"))
+	}
+	return configChoices
+}
+
+func createConfig(userPath string) {
+	var file *os.File
+	fpath := userPath
+	var err error
+	var errs []error
+
+	if userPath != "" {
+		file, err = os.Create(userPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Error: Failed to create config: %s", err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		configChoices := configPaths()
+		for _, v := range configChoices {
+			file, err = os.Create(v)
+			if err == nil {
+				fpath = v
+				break
+			} else {
+				errs = append(errs, err)
+			}
+		}
+		if file == nil {
+			log.Print("Error: Failed to create config file.")
+			for i, _ := range configChoices {
+				log.Printf("- reason: %s", errs[i])
+			}
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	if _, err = file.Write(exampleConfig); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error: Failed to create config: %s", err)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("- %s", fpath)
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+}
+
+func findConfig() *os.File {
+	configChoices := configPaths()
+
+	var errs []error
+	for _, v := range configChoices {
+		file, err := os.Open(v)
+		if err == nil {
+			return file
+		} else {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Print("Error: Could not open any config paths.")
+	for i, _ := range configChoices {
+		log.Printf("- %s", errs[i])
+	}
+	os.Exit(1)
+	return nil
+}

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# IRCd Parameters
+nick: paprika1234
+# make sure to add the port at the end with a colon
+host: irc.rizon.net:6667
+# use the word true or false for this field
+tls: false
+
+# Sever password, sent as "PASS :%s", pass
+# NOTE (xyz:\n:) is declaring a key with no values.
+pass:
+  # put your pass here or make it a name: value pair
+:
+
+# SASL password (cert support tbd) for nickserv identification
+sasl:
+  # put your pass here or make it a name: value pair
+:
+
+# database, and other state, directory
+# defaults to XDG_DATA_HOME or
+# STATE_DIRECTORY if using StateDirectory= in a systemd service unit file
+db-path:
+  # e.g. /var/lib/mybot/state
+:
+
+# a newline delimited list of channels
+channels:
+  # the (#) is a comment, use content start marker (') to escape it.
+  # for syntax-highlighting reasons, you can terminate content with a (') as well.
+  '#taigobot-test'
+:
+
+# : by itself terminates a list
+# API Keys are stored in a map by IDENT: value
+api-keys:
+  test: fdsafdasfdsafdsa
+:

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func splitChannelList(channels string) string {
+	if len(channels) /* len() on string is bytelen */ + 5 /* for "JOIN " */ <= 510 {
+		return "JOIN " + channels + "\r\n"
+	}
+
+	// channel lenghts longer than 510bytes have to be split
+	chans := strings.Split(channels, ",")
+	lineSize := 0
+	first := true
+	
+	var ret strings.Builder
+
+	// Splits configured list of channels into a safe set of commands
+	for _, channel := range chans {
+		if lineSize + len(channel) > 510 {
+			lineSize = 0
+			first = true
+			ret.WriteByte('\r')
+			ret.WriteByte('\n')
+		}
+
+		if !first {
+			ret.WriteByte(',')
+			lineSize += 1
+		} else {
+			ret.WriteString("JOIN ")
+			lineSize += 5
+			first = false
+		}
+		ret.WriteString(channel)
+		lineSize += len(channel)
+	}
+	ret.WriteByte('\r')
+	ret.WriteByte('\n')
+
+	return ret.String()
+}
+
+func getDbPath() string {
+	// https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#RuntimeDirectory=
+	systemdStateDir := os.Getenv("STATE_DIRECTORY")
+	xdgDataDir := os.Getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME")
+	if systemdStateDir == "" && xdgDataDir == "" {
+		log.Print("Warning: Nowhere to store state!")
+		log.Print("- Please add StateDirectory= to your systemd unit or add db-path to your config.")
+
+		// TODO: change this to os.MkdirTemp when 1.17 is more common
+		dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "paprika-bot")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed making temporary area: %s", err)
+		}
+		log.Printf("Warning: Generated a temporary path: %s", dir)
+		return dir
+	} else if xdgDataDir != "" {
+		return path.Join(xdgDataDir, "paprika")
+	} else {
+		return systemdStateDir
+	}
+}
+
+func usage() {
+	println("usage: paprika [init] [-c config]\n")
+	println("  init       Initialize configuration for the bot.")
+	println("  -c config  Use config given on the command line.\n")
+	os.Exit(1)
+}

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package database
 
 import (
+	"path"
+
+	"git.icyphox.sh/paprika/config"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3"
 )
 
@@ -12,7 +15,9 @@ *badger.DB
 }
 
 func Open() (*badger.DB, error) {
-	db, err := badger.Open(badger.DefaultOptions("./badger"))
+	db, err := badger.Open(
+		badger.DefaultOptions(path.Join(config.DbPath, "badger")),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ gopkg.in/irc.v3 v3.1.4
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/adedomin/indenttext v0.0.0-20211119223124-29d4292dd20b
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.1.0 // indirect

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2 h1:KMrpdQIwFcEqXDklaen+P1axHaj9BSKzvpUUfnHldSE=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
+github.com/adedomin/indenttext v0.0.0-20211119223124-29d4292dd20b h1:8LTaSMTmm2VPw860DZtPSRHokEna95eEOFIfdvsKwi8=
+github.com/adedomin/indenttext v0.0.0-20211119223124-29d4292dd20b/go.mod h1:0W4Kq5zZA0pHRMal7C+rcxF5bQeFQl75XwlV6SBJXeU=
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ "log"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 
+	"git.icyphox.sh/paprika/config"
 	"git.icyphox.sh/paprika/database"
 	"git.icyphox.sh/paprika/plugins"
 	"gopkg.in/irc.v3"
@@ -101,8 +102,7 @@
 func ircHandler(c *irc.Client, m *irc.Message) {
 	switch m.Command {
 	case "001":
-		// TODO: load this from config
-		c.Write("JOIN #taigobot-test")
+		c.Write(config.ChanJoinStr)
 	case "PRIVMSG":
 		if isCTCPmessage(m) {
 			handleCTCPMessage(c, m)
@@ -113,17 +113,17 @@ }
 }
 
 func main() {
-	// TODO: load this from config
-	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", "irc.rizon.net:6667")
+	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", config.Host)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	defer conn.Close()
 
-	config := irc.ClientConfig{
-		Nick:    "paprika112",
-		Pass:    "",
-		User:    "paprika112",
-		Name:    "paprika",
+	ircConfig := irc.ClientConfig{
+		Nick:    config.Nick,
+		Pass:    config.Pass,
+		User:    "paprikabot",
+		Name:    config.Nick,
 		Handler: irc.HandlerFunc(ircHandler),
 	}
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	defer database.DB.Close()
 
-	client := irc.NewClient(conn, config)
+	client := irc.NewClient(conn, ircConfig)
 	err = client.Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)