From 6a6118e136776ce27c2e7456dd517df083dba493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Papakostas <vithos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 19:08:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] serve config.json statically instead of bundling it

issue #1344
---
 package.json        |  1 +
 src/vector/index.js | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
 vector/config.json  |  1 +
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 120000 vector/config.json

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2400ced..0da70249 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-polyfill": "^6.5.0",
+    "browser-request": "^0.3.3",
     "classnames": "^2.1.2",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^0.9.1",
     "filesize": "^3.1.2",
diff --git a/src/vector/index.js b/src/vector/index.js
index db353c25..af48b4b0 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.js
+++ b/src/vector/index.js
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ var ReactDOM = require("react-dom");
 var sdk = require("matrix-react-sdk");
 sdk.loadSkin(require('../component-index'));
 var VectorConferenceHandler = require('../VectorConferenceHandler');
-var configJson = require("../../config.json");
 var UpdateChecker = require("./updater");
+var q = require('q');
+var request = require('browser-request');
 
 var qs = require("querystring");
 
@@ -181,7 +182,24 @@ window.onload = function() {
     }
 }
 
-function loadApp() {
+function getConfig() {
+    let deferred = q.defer();
+    
+    request(
+        { method: "GET", url: "config.json", json: true },
+        (err, response, body) => {
+            if (err || response.status < 200 || response.status >= 300) {
+                throw "failed to load config.json";
+            }
+            
+            deferred.resolve(body);
+        }
+    );
+    
+    return deferred.promise;
+}
+
+async function loadApp() {
     if (/iPad|iPhone|iPod/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.MSStream) {
         if (confirm("Vector works much better on iOS as an app.  Switch to the app?")) {
             window.location = "https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vector.im/id1083446067";
@@ -194,7 +212,9 @@ function loadApp() {
             return;
         }
     }
-
+    
+    let configJson = await getConfig();
+    
     console.log("Vector starting at "+window.location);
     if (validBrowser) {
         var MatrixChat = sdk.getComponent('structures.MatrixChat');
diff --git a/vector/config.json b/vector/config.json
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..28e14853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vector/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../config.json
\ No newline at end of file