Enable passing user config values as dictionary

notifylib/api.py

@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class Api:
     """Public interface of module"""
 
-    def __init__(self, conf=None):
-        if conf:  # override default config
-            config.load_config(conf)
+    def __init__(self, conffile=None, confdict=None):
+        # override default config
+        if conffile:
+            config.load_from_file(conffile)
+        elif confdict:
+            config.load_from_dict(confdict)
 
         plugin_dir = config.get('settings', 'plugin_dir')
         volatile_dir = config.get('settings', 'volatile_dir')

notifylib/config.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Config:
         self.conf.set("settings", "plugin_dir", "plugins")
         self.conf.set("settings", "cmd_timeout", "10")
 
-    def load_config(self, filename):
+    def load_from_file(self, filename):
         try:
             with open(filename, 'r') as f:
                 self.conf.read_file(f)
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ class Config:
             logger.warning("Failed to open config file '{}'".format(filename))
         # TODO: handle configparser exceptions
 
+    def load_from_dict(self, dictionary):
+        self.conf.read_dict(dictionary)
+
     def get(self, section, key):
         return self.conf.get(section, key)