Add 'ALLOW_UPDATE_WITHOUT_OLD' config option

sfan5 · sfan5 · commit b6cae2f7c9d8 · 2014-07-03T19:01:18.000+02:00
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@
 # List of banned IP addresses.
 BANLIST = []
 
+# Creates server entries if a server sends an 'update' and there is no entry yet
+# This should only be used to populate the server list after list.json was deleted.
+ALLOW_UPDATE_WITHOUT_OLD = False
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
@@ -83,7 +83,14 @@ def announce():
 		return "Invalid JSON data.", 400
 
 	if server["action"] != "start" and not old:
-		return "Server to update not found.", 500
+		if app.config["ALLOW_UPDATE_WITHOUT_OLD"]:
+			old = server
+			old["start"] = time.time()
+			old["clients_top"] = 0
+			old["updates"] = 0
+			old["total_clients"] = 0
+		else:
+			return "Server to update not found.", 500
 
 	server["update_time"] = time.time()
 
@@ -247,6 +254,7 @@ def saveList():
 	"rollback": (False, "bool"),
 	"can_see_far_names": (False, "bool"),
 }
+
 def checkRequest(server):
 	for name, data in fields.items():
 		if not name in server:
