Seamlessly handle nonexistent configurations

main.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import pickle
 from os import urandom
+from os.path import exists
 from string import digits
 
 from redis import StrictRedis
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ from redis import StrictRedis
 ZNCErrors = ["Error:", "Unable to load", "does not exist", "doesn't exist"]
 
 configPath = "conf/"
+exampleConfigPath = "conf/example"
 certPath = "cert/"
 
 filemap = {
@@ -80,8 +82,16 @@ def saveConf(var):
 
 def loadConf(var):
     if filemap[var][2] == "json":
-        with open(configPath + filemap[var][0], "r") as f:
+        filename = configPath + filemap[var][0]
+        if not exists(filename):
+            if var == "config":
+                filename = exampleConfigPath + filemap[var][0]
+            else:
+                globals()[var] = {}
+                return
+        with open(filename, "r") as f:
             globals()[var] = json.load(f)
+            return
         if var == "alias":
             # This is a workaround to convert all the keys into integers since JSON
             #  turns them into strings...