CLI/Program.cs

@@ -47,16 +47,37 @@ internal sealed class TrangaCli : Command<TrangaCli.Settings>
         string? logFolderPath = settings.fileLoggerPath ?? "";
         Logger logger = new(enabledLoggers.ToArray(), Console.Out, Console.OutputEncoding, logFolderPath);
         
-        if(settings.workingDirectory is not null)
+        TrangaSettings? trangaSettings = null;
-            TrangaSettings.LoadFromWorkingDirectory(settings.workingDirectory);
+
-        if(settings.downloadLocation is not null)
+        if (settings.downloadLocation is not null && settings.workingDirectory is not null)
-            TrangaSettings.CreateOrUpdate(downloadDirectory: settings.downloadLocation);
+        {
+            trangaSettings = new TrangaSettings(settings.downloadLocation, settings.workingDirectory);
+        }else if (settings.downloadLocation is not null)
+        {
+            if (trangaSettings is null)
+                trangaSettings = new TrangaSettings(downloadLocation: settings.downloadLocation);
+            else
+                trangaSettings = new TrangaSettings(downloadLocation: settings.downloadLocation, settings.workingDirectory);
+        }else if (settings.workingDirectory is not null)
+        {
+            if (trangaSettings is null)
+                trangaSettings = new TrangaSettings(downloadLocation: settings.workingDirectory);
+            else
+                trangaSettings = new TrangaSettings(settings.downloadLocation, settings.workingDirectory);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            trangaSettings = new TrangaSettings();
+        }
+
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(trangaSettings.downloadLocation);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(trangaSettings.workingDirectory);
 
         Tranga.Tranga? api = null;
 
         Thread trangaApi = new Thread(() =>
         {
-            api = new(logger);
+            api = new(logger, trangaSettings);
         });
         trangaApi.Start();
         
@@ -99,7 +120,7 @@ internal sealed class TrangaCli : Command<TrangaCli.Settings>
                         parameters.Add(new ValueTuple<string, string>(name, value));
                     }
 
-                    string requestString = $"http://localhost:{TrangaSettings.apiPortNumber}/{requestPath}";
+                    string requestString = $"http://localhost:{trangaSettings.apiPortNumber}/{requestPath}";
                     if (parameters.Any())
                     {
                         requestString += "?";

Tranga/Chapter.cs

@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ public readonly struct Chapter : IComparable
     /// Checks if a chapter-archive is already present
     /// </summary>
     /// <returns>true if chapter is present</returns>
-    internal bool CheckChapterIsDownloaded()
+    internal bool CheckChapterIsDownloaded(string downloadLocation)
     {
-        if (!Directory.Exists(Path.Join(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation, parentManga.folderName)))
+        if (!Directory.Exists(Path.Join(downloadLocation, parentManga.folderName)))
             return false;
-        FileInfo[] archives = new DirectoryInfo(Path.Join(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation, parentManga.folderName)).GetFiles().Where(file => file.Name.Split('.')[^1] == "cbz").ToArray();
+        FileInfo[] archives = new DirectoryInfo(Path.Join(downloadLocation, parentManga.folderName)).GetFiles().Where(file => file.Name.Split('.')[^1] == "cbz").ToArray();
         Regex volChRex = new(@"(?:Vol(?:ume)?\.([0-9]+)\D*)?Ch(?:apter)?\.([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)*)");
 
         Chapter t = this;
-        string thisPath = GetArchiveFilePath();
+        string thisPath = GetArchiveFilePath(downloadLocation);
         FileInfo? archive = archives.FirstOrDefault(archive =>
         {
             Match m = volChRex.Match(archive.Name);
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ public readonly struct Chapter : IComparable
     /// Creates full file path of chapter-archive
     /// </summary>
     /// <returns>Filepath</returns>
-    internal string GetArchiveFilePath()
+    internal string GetArchiveFilePath(string downloadLocation)
     {
-        return Path.Join(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation, parentManga.folderName, $"{parentManga.folderName} - {this.fileName}.cbz");
+        return Path.Join(downloadLocation, parentManga.folderName, $"{parentManga.folderName} - {this.fileName}.cbz");
     }
 
     /// <summary>

Tranga/GlobalBase.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ public abstract class GlobalBase
 {
     [JsonIgnore]
     public Logger? logger { get; init; }
+    protected TrangaSettings settings { get; init; }
     protected HashSet<NotificationConnector> notificationConnectors { get; init; }
     protected HashSet<LibraryConnector> libraryConnectors { get; init; }
     private Dictionary<string, Manga> cachedPublications { get; init; }
@@ -20,16 +21,18 @@ public abstract class GlobalBase
     protected GlobalBase(GlobalBase clone)
     {
         this.logger = clone.logger;
+        this.settings = clone.settings;
         this.notificationConnectors = clone.notificationConnectors;
         this.libraryConnectors = clone.libraryConnectors;
         this.cachedPublications = clone.cachedPublications;
     }
 
-    protected GlobalBase(Logger? logger)
+    protected GlobalBase(Logger? logger, TrangaSettings settings)
     {
         this.logger = logger;
-        this.notificationConnectors = TrangaSettings.LoadNotificationConnectors(this);
+        this.settings = settings;
-        this.libraryConnectors = TrangaSettings.LoadLibraryConnectors(this);
+        this.notificationConnectors = settings.LoadNotificationConnectors(this);
+        this.libraryConnectors = settings.LoadLibraryConnectors(this);
         this.cachedPublications = new();
     }
 
@@ -78,20 +81,20 @@ public abstract class GlobalBase
         notificationConnectors.RemoveWhere(nc => nc.notificationConnectorType == notificationConnector.notificationConnectorType);
         notificationConnectors.Add(notificationConnector);
         
-        while(IsFileInUse(TrangaSettings.notificationConnectorsFilePath))
+        while(IsFileInUse(settings.notificationConnectorsFilePath))
             Thread.Sleep(100);
         Log("Exporting notificationConnectors");
-        File.WriteAllText(TrangaSettings.notificationConnectorsFilePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(notificationConnectors));
+        File.WriteAllText(settings.notificationConnectorsFilePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(notificationConnectors));
     }
 
     protected void DeleteNotificationConnector(NotificationConnector.NotificationConnectorType notificationConnectorType)
     {
         Log($"Removing {notificationConnectorType}");
         notificationConnectors.RemoveWhere(nc => nc.notificationConnectorType == notificationConnectorType);
-        while(IsFileInUse(TrangaSettings.notificationConnectorsFilePath))
+        while(IsFileInUse(settings.notificationConnectorsFilePath))
             Thread.Sleep(100);
         Log("Exporting notificationConnectors");
-        File.WriteAllText(TrangaSettings.notificationConnectorsFilePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(notificationConnectors));
+        File.WriteAllText(settings.notificationConnectorsFilePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(notificationConnectors));
     }
 
     protected void UpdateLibraries()
@@ -106,20 +109,20 @@ public abstract class GlobalBase
         libraryConnectors.RemoveWhere(lc => lc.libraryType == libraryConnector.libraryType);
         libraryConnectors.Add(libraryConnector);
         
-        while(IsFileInUse(TrangaSettings.libraryConnectorsFilePath))
+        while(IsFileInUse(settings.libraryConnectorsFilePath))
             Thread.Sleep(100);
         Log("Exporting libraryConnectors");
-        File.WriteAllText(TrangaSettings.libraryConnectorsFilePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(libraryConnectors, Formatting.Indented));
+        File.WriteAllText(settings.libraryConnectorsFilePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(libraryConnectors, Formatting.Indented));
     }
 
     protected void DeleteLibraryConnector(LibraryConnector.LibraryType libraryType)
     {
         Log($"Removing {libraryType}");
         libraryConnectors.RemoveWhere(lc => lc.libraryType == libraryType);
-        while(IsFileInUse(TrangaSettings.libraryConnectorsFilePath))
+        while(IsFileInUse(settings.libraryConnectorsFilePath))
             Thread.Sleep(100);
         Log("Exporting libraryConnectors");
-        File.WriteAllText(TrangaSettings.libraryConnectorsFilePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(libraryConnectors, Formatting.Indented));
+        File.WriteAllText(settings.libraryConnectorsFilePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(libraryConnectors, Formatting.Indented));
     }
 
     protected bool IsFileInUse(string filePath) => IsFileInUse(filePath, this.logger);

Tranga/Jobs/DownloadNewChapters.cs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class DownloadNewChapters : Job
 
     protected override IEnumerable<Job> ExecuteReturnSubTasksInternal(JobBoss jobBoss)
     {
-        manga.SaveSeriesInfoJson();
+        manga.SaveSeriesInfoJson(settings.downloadLocation);
         Chapter[] chapters = mangaConnector.GetNewChapters(manga, this.translatedLanguage);
         this.progressToken.increments = chapters.Length;
         List<Job> jobs = new();

Tranga/Jobs/JobBoss.cs

@@ -140,15 +140,15 @@ public class JobBoss : GlobalBase
 
     private void LoadJobsList(HashSet<MangaConnector> connectors)
     {
-        if (!Directory.Exists(TrangaSettings.jobsFolderPath)) //No jobs to load
+        if (!Directory.Exists(settings.jobsFolderPath)) //No jobs to load
         {
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(TrangaSettings.jobsFolderPath);
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(settings.jobsFolderPath);
             return;
         }
         Regex idRex = new (@"(.*)\.json");
 
         //Load json-job-files
-        foreach (FileInfo file in new DirectoryInfo(TrangaSettings.jobsFolderPath).EnumerateFiles().Where(fileInfo => idRex.IsMatch(fileInfo.Name)))
+        foreach (FileInfo file in new DirectoryInfo(settings.jobsFolderPath).EnumerateFiles().Where(fileInfo => idRex.IsMatch(fileInfo.Name)))
         {
             Log($"Adding {file.Name}");
             Job? job = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Job>(File.ReadAllText(file.FullName),
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ public class JobBoss : GlobalBase
                 AddMangaToCache(dncJob.manga);
         }
 
-        string[] coverFiles = Directory.GetFiles(TrangaSettings.coverImageCache);
+        string[] coverFiles = Directory.GetFiles(settings.coverImageCache);
         foreach(string fileName in coverFiles.Where(fileName => !GetAllCachedManga().Any(manga => manga.coverFileNameInCache == fileName)))
                 File.Delete(fileName);
     }
 
     internal void UpdateJobFile(Job job, string? oldFile = null)
     {
-        string newJobFilePath = Path.Join(TrangaSettings.jobsFolderPath, $"{job.id}.json");
+        string newJobFilePath = Path.Join(settings.jobsFolderPath, $"{job.id}.json");
         
         if (!this.jobs.Any(jjob => jjob.id == job.id))
         {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public class JobBoss : GlobalBase
 
         //Remove files with jobs not in this.jobs-list
         Regex idRex = new (@"(.*)\.json");
-        foreach (FileInfo file in new DirectoryInfo(TrangaSettings.jobsFolderPath).EnumerateFiles())
+        foreach (FileInfo file in new DirectoryInfo(settings.jobsFolderPath).EnumerateFiles())
         {
             if (idRex.IsMatch(file.Name))
             {

Tranga/Jobs/UpdateMetadata.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class UpdateMetadata : Job
             }
             
             this.manga = manga.WithMetadata(updatedManga);
-            this.manga.SaveSeriesInfoJson(true);
+            this.manga.SaveSeriesInfoJson(settings.downloadLocation, true);
             this.mangaConnector.CopyCoverFromCacheToDownloadLocation(manga);
             foreach (Job job in jobBoss.GetJobsLike(publication: this.manga))
             {

Tranga/Manga.cs

@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ public struct Manga
         latestChapterDownloaded = latestChapterDownloaded < chapterNumber ? chapterNumber : latestChapterDownloaded;
     }
 
-    public void SaveSeriesInfoJson(bool overwrite = false)
+    public void SaveSeriesInfoJson(string downloadDirectory, bool overwrite = false)
     {
-        string publicationFolder = CreatePublicationFolder(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation);
+        string publicationFolder = CreatePublicationFolder(downloadDirectory);
         string seriesInfoPath = Path.Join(publicationFolder, "series.json");
         if(overwrite || (!overwrite && !File.Exists(seriesInfoPath)))
             File.WriteAllText(seriesInfoPath,this.GetSeriesInfoJson());

Tranga/MangaConnectors/Bato.cs

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class Bato : MangaConnector
 		string comicInfoPath = Path.GetTempFileName();
 		File.WriteAllText(comicInfoPath, chapter.GetComicInfoXmlString());
 
-		return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls, chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, "https://mangakatana.com/", progressToken:progressToken);
+		return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls, chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(settings.downloadLocation), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, "https://mangakatana.com/", progressToken:progressToken);
 	}
 
 	private string[] ParseImageUrlsFromHtml(string mangaUrl)

Tranga/MangaConnectors/DownloadClient.cs

@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ internal abstract class DownloadClient : GlobalBase
     
     public RequestResult MakeRequest(string url, RequestType requestType, string? referrer = null, string? clickButton = null)
     {
-        if (!TrangaSettings.requestLimits.ContainsKey(requestType))
+        if (!settings.requestLimits.ContainsKey(requestType))
         {
             Log("RequestType not configured for rate-limit.");
             return new RequestResult(HttpStatusCode.NotAcceptable, null, Stream.Null);
         }
 
-        int rateLimit = TrangaSettings.userAgent == TrangaSettings.DefaultUserAgent
+        int rateLimit = settings.userAgent == TrangaSettings.DefaultUserAgent
             ? TrangaSettings.DefaultRequestLimits[requestType]
-            : TrangaSettings.requestLimits[requestType];
+            : settings.requestLimits[requestType];
         
         TimeSpan timeBetweenRequests = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1).Divide(rateLimit);
         _lastExecutedRateLimit.TryAdd(requestType, DateTime.Now.Subtract(timeBetweenRequests));

Tranga/MangaConnectors/HttpDownloadClient.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ internal class HttpDownloadClient : DownloadClient
 
     public HttpDownloadClient(GlobalBase clone) : base(clone)
     {
-        Client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("User-Agent", TrangaSettings.userAgent);
+        Client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("User-Agent", settings.userAgent);
     }
     
     internal override RequestResult MakeRequestInternal(string url, string? referrer = null, string? clickButton = null)

Tranga/MangaConnectors/MangaConnector.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public abstract class MangaConnector : GlobalBase
     protected MangaConnector(GlobalBase clone, string name) : base(clone)
     {
         this.name = name;
-        Directory.CreateDirectory(TrangaSettings.coverImageCache);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(settings.coverImageCache);
     }
     
     public string name { get; } //Name of the Connector (e.g. Website)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public abstract class MangaConnector : GlobalBase
         Log($"Checking for duplicates {manga}");
         List<Chapter> newChaptersList = allChapters.Where(nChapter => float.TryParse(nChapter.chapterNumber, numberFormatDecimalPoint, out float chapterNumber)
                                                                       && chapterNumber > manga.ignoreChaptersBelow
-                                                                      && !nChapter.CheckChapterIsDownloaded()).ToList();
+                                                                      && !nChapter.CheckChapterIsDownloaded(settings.downloadLocation)).ToList();
         Log($"{newChaptersList.Count} new chapters. {manga}");
         try
         {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public abstract class MangaConnector : GlobalBase
     {
         Log($"Copy cover {manga}");
         //Check if Publication already has a Folder and cover
-        string publicationFolder = manga.CreatePublicationFolder(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation);
+        string publicationFolder = manga.CreatePublicationFolder(settings.downloadLocation);
         DirectoryInfo dirInfo = new (publicationFolder);
         if (dirInfo.EnumerateFiles().Any(info => info.Name.Contains("cover", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)))
         {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public abstract class MangaConnector : GlobalBase
         //https?:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.([a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+)\/(?:.+\/)*(.+\.([a-zA-Z]+)) for only second level domains
         Match match = urlRex.Match(url);
         string filename = $"{match.Groups[1].Value}-{mangaInternalId}.{match.Groups[3].Value}";
-        string saveImagePath = Path.Join(TrangaSettings.coverImageCache, filename);
+        string saveImagePath = Path.Join(settings.coverImageCache, filename);
 
         if (File.Exists(saveImagePath))
             return saveImagePath;
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public abstract class MangaConnector : GlobalBase
         RequestResult coverResult = downloadClient.MakeRequest(url, requestType);
         using MemoryStream ms = new();
         coverResult.result.CopyTo(ms);
-        Directory.CreateDirectory(TrangaSettings.coverImageCache);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(settings.coverImageCache);
         File.WriteAllBytes(saveImagePath, ms.ToArray());
         Log($"Saving cover to {saveImagePath}");
         return saveImagePath;

Tranga/MangaConnectors/MangaDex.cs

@@ -290,6 +290,6 @@ public class MangaDex : MangaConnector
         File.WriteAllText(comicInfoPath, chapter.GetComicInfoXmlString());
         
         //Download Chapter-Images
-        return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
+        return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(settings.downloadLocation), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
     }
 }

Tranga/MangaConnectors/MangaHere.cs

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public class MangaHere : MangaConnector
         
         if (progressToken is not null)
             progressToken.increments = images;//we blip to normal length, in downloadchapterimages it is increasaed by the amount of urls again
-        return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
+        return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(settings.downloadLocation), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
     }
 
     private string[] ParseImageUrlsFromHtml(HtmlDocument document)

Tranga/MangaConnectors/MangaKatana.cs

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public class MangaKatana : MangaConnector
 		string comicInfoPath = Path.GetTempFileName();
 		File.WriteAllText(comicInfoPath, chapter.GetComicInfoXmlString());
 
-		return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls, chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, "https://mangakatana.com/", progressToken:progressToken);
+		return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls, chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(settings.downloadLocation), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, "https://mangakatana.com/", progressToken:progressToken);
 	}
 
 	private string[] ParseImageUrlsFromHtml(string mangaUrl)

Tranga/MangaConnectors/MangaLife.cs

@@ -194,6 +194,6 @@ public class MangaLife : MangaConnector
         string comicInfoPath = Path.GetTempFileName();
         File.WriteAllText(comicInfoPath, chapter.GetComicInfoXmlString());
         
-        return DownloadChapterImages(urls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
+        return DownloadChapterImages(urls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(settings.downloadLocation), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
     }
 }

Tranga/MangaConnectors/Manganato.cs

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class Manganato : MangaConnector
         string comicInfoPath = Path.GetTempFileName();
         File.WriteAllText(comicInfoPath, chapter.GetComicInfoXmlString());
         
-        return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls, chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, "https://chapmanganato.com/", progressToken:progressToken);
+        return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls, chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(settings.downloadLocation), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, "https://chapmanganato.com/", progressToken:progressToken);
     }
 
     private string[] ParseImageUrlsFromHtml(HtmlDocument document)

Tranga/MangaConnectors/Mangasee.cs

@@ -225,6 +225,6 @@ public class Mangasee : MangaConnector
         string comicInfoPath = Path.GetTempFileName();
         File.WriteAllText(comicInfoPath, chapter.GetComicInfoXmlString());
         
-        return DownloadChapterImages(urls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
+        return DownloadChapterImages(urls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(settings.downloadLocation), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
     }
 }

Tranga/MangaConnectors/Mangaworld.cs

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class Mangaworld: MangaConnector
         string comicInfoPath = Path.GetTempFileName();
         File.WriteAllText(comicInfoPath, chapter.GetComicInfoXmlString());
         
-        return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls, chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, "https://www.mangaworld.bz/", progressToken:progressToken);
+        return DownloadChapterImages(imageUrls, chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(settings.downloadLocation), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, "https://www.mangaworld.bz/", progressToken:progressToken);
     }
 
     private string[] ParseImageUrlsFromHtml(HtmlDocument document)

Tranga/MangaConnectors/ManhuaPlus.cs

@@ -179,6 +179,6 @@ public class ManhuaPlus : MangaConnector
         string comicInfoPath = Path.GetTempFileName();
         File.WriteAllText(comicInfoPath, chapter.GetComicInfoXmlString());
         
-        return DownloadChapterImages(urls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
+        return DownloadChapterImages(urls.ToArray(), chapter.GetArchiveFilePath(settings.downloadLocation), RequestType.MangaImage, comicInfoPath, progressToken:progressToken);
     }
 }

Tranga/Server.cs

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ public class Server : GlobalBase
     {
         this._parent = parent;
         if(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
-            this._listener.Prefixes.Add($"http://*:{TrangaSettings.apiPortNumber}/");
+            this._listener.Prefixes.Add($"http://*:{settings.apiPortNumber}/");
         else
-            this._listener.Prefixes.Add($"http://localhost:{TrangaSettings.apiPortNumber}/");
+            this._listener.Prefixes.Add($"http://localhost:{settings.apiPortNumber}/");
         Thread listenThread = new (Listen);
         listenThread.Start();
         Thread watchThread = new(WatchRunning);
@@ -198,16 +198,16 @@ public class Server : GlobalBase
                 SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, _parent.jobBoss.jobs.Where(jjob => jjob is DownloadNewChapters).OrderBy(jjob => ((DownloadNewChapters)jjob).manga.sortName));
                 break;
             case "Settings":
-                SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, TrangaSettings.Serialize());
+                SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, settings);
                 break;
             case "Settings/userAgent":
-                SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, TrangaSettings.userAgent);
+                SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, settings.userAgent);
                 break;
             case "Settings/customRequestLimit":
-                SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, TrangaSettings.requestLimits);
+                SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, settings.requestLimits);
                 break;
             case "Settings/AprilFoolsMode":
-                SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, TrangaSettings.aprilFoolsMode);
+                SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, settings.aprilFoolsMode);
                 break;
             case "NotificationConnectors":
                 SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, response, notificationConnectors);
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public class Server : GlobalBase
                 }
                 
                 if (requestVariables.TryGetValue("customFolderName", out customFolderName))
-                    manga.MovePublicationFolder(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation, customFolderName);
+                    manga.MovePublicationFolder(settings.downloadLocation, customFolderName);
                 requestVariables.TryGetValue("translatedLanguage", out translatedLanguage);
                 
                 _parent.jobBoss.AddJob(new DownloadNewChapters(this, connector!, manga, true, interval, translatedLanguage: translatedLanguage??"en"));
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public class Server : GlobalBase
                 }
 
                 if (requestVariables.TryGetValue("customFolderName", out customFolderName))
-                    manga.MovePublicationFolder(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation, customFolderName);
+                    manga.MovePublicationFolder(settings.downloadLocation, customFolderName);
                 requestVariables.TryGetValue("translatedLanguage", out translatedLanguage);
                 
                 _parent.jobBoss.AddJob(new DownloadNewChapters(this, connector!, manga, false, translatedLanguage: translatedLanguage??"en"));
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ public class Server : GlobalBase
                     SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, response);
                     break;
                 }
-                TrangaSettings.UpdateDownloadLocation(downloadLocation, moveFiles);
+                settings.UpdateDownloadLocation(downloadLocation, moveFiles);
                 SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.Accepted, response);
                 break;
             case "Settings/AprilFoolsMode":
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ public class Server : GlobalBase
                     SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, response);
                     break;
                 }
-                TrangaSettings.UpdateAprilFoolsMode(aprilFoolsModeEnabled);
+                settings.UpdateAprilFoolsMode(aprilFoolsModeEnabled);
                 SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.Accepted, response);
                 break;
             /*case "Settings/UpdateWorkingDirectory":
@@ -433,11 +433,11 @@ public class Server : GlobalBase
                     SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, response);
                     break;
                 }
-                TrangaSettings.UpdateUserAgent(customUserAgent);
+                settings.UpdateUserAgent(customUserAgent);
                 SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.Accepted, response);
                 break;
             case "Settings/userAgent/Reset":
-                TrangaSettings.UpdateUserAgent(null);
+                settings.UpdateUserAgent(null);
                 SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.Accepted, response);
                 break;
             case "Settings/customRequestLimit":
@@ -450,11 +450,17 @@ public class Server : GlobalBase
                     break;
                 }
 
-                TrangaSettings.UpdateRateLimit(requestType, requestsPerMinute);
+                if (settings.requestLimits.ContainsKey(requestType))
+                {
+                    settings.requestLimits[requestType] = requestsPerMinute;
                     SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.Accepted, response);
+                }else
+                    SendResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, response);
+                settings.ExportSettings();
                 break;
             case "Settings/customRequestLimit/Reset":
-                TrangaSettings.ResetRateLimits();
+                settings.requestLimits = TrangaSettings.DefaultRequestLimits;
+                settings.ExportSettings();
                 break;
             case "NotificationConnectors/Update":
                 if (!requestVariables.TryGetValue("notificationConnector", out notificationConnectorStr) ||

Tranga/Tranga.cs

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ public partial class Tranga : GlobalBase
     private Server _server;
     private HashSet<MangaConnector> _connectors;
 
-    public Tranga(Logger? logger) : base(logger)
+    public Tranga(Logger? logger, TrangaSettings settings) : base(logger, settings)
     {
         Log("\n\n _______                                   \n|_     _|.----..---.-..-----..-----..---.-.\n  |   |  |   _||  _  ||     ||  _  ||  _  |\n  |___|  |__|  |___._||__|__||___  ||___._|\n                             |_____|       \n\n");
+        Log(settings.ToString());
         keepRunning = true;
         _connectors = new HashSet<MangaConnector>()
         {  
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public partial class Tranga : GlobalBase
         {
             while (keepRunning)
             {
-                if(!TrangaSettings.aprilFoolsMode || !IsAprilFirst())
+                if(!settings.aprilFoolsMode || !IsAprilFirst())
                     jobBoss.CheckJobs();
                 else
                     Log("April Fools Mode in Effect");

Tranga/TrangaArgs.cs

@@ -36,14 +36,34 @@ public partial class Tranga : GlobalBase
             enabledLoggers.Add(Logger.LoggerType.FileLogger);
         Logger logger = new(enabledLoggers.ToArray(), Console.Out, Console.OutputEncoding, directoryPath);
 
+        TrangaSettings? settings = null;
         bool dlp = fetched.TryGetValue(downloadLocation, out string[]? downloadLocationPath);
-        bool wdp = fetched.TryGetValue(workingDirectory, out string[]? workingDirectoryPath);
+        bool wdp = fetched.TryGetValue(downloadLocation, out string[]? workingDirectoryPath);
 
-        if (wdp)
+        if (dlp && wdp)
-            TrangaSettings.LoadFromWorkingDirectory(workingDirectoryPath![0]);
+        {
-        if(dlp)
+            settings = new TrangaSettings(downloadLocationPath![0], workingDirectoryPath![0]);
-            TrangaSettings.CreateOrUpdate(downloadDirectory: downloadLocationPath![0]);
+        }else if (dlp)
+        {
+            if (settings is null)
+                settings = new TrangaSettings(downloadLocation: downloadLocationPath![0]);
+            else
+                settings = new TrangaSettings(downloadLocation: downloadLocationPath![0], settings.workingDirectory);
+        }else if (wdp)
+        {
+            if (settings is null)
+                settings = new TrangaSettings(downloadLocation: workingDirectoryPath![0]);
+            else
+                settings = new TrangaSettings(settings.downloadLocation, workingDirectoryPath![0]);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            settings = new TrangaSettings();
+        }
         
-        Tranga _ = new (logger);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(settings.downloadLocation);//TODO validate path
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(settings.workingDirectory);//TODO validate path
+
+        Tranga _ = new (logger, settings);
     }
 }

Tranga/TrangaSettings.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Tranga.LibraryConnectors;
 using Tranga.MangaConnectors;
 using Tranga.NotificationConnectors;
@@ -8,20 +9,20 @@ using static System.IO.UnixFileMode;
 
 namespace Tranga;
 
-public static class TrangaSettings
+public class TrangaSettings
 {
+    public string downloadLocation { get; private set; }
+    public string workingDirectory { get; private set; }
+    public int apiPortNumber { get; init; }
+    public string userAgent { get; private set; } = DefaultUserAgent;
+    [JsonIgnore] public string settingsFilePath => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "settings.json");
+    [JsonIgnore] public string libraryConnectorsFilePath => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "libraryConnectors.json");
+    [JsonIgnore] public string notificationConnectorsFilePath => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "notificationConnectors.json");
+    [JsonIgnore] public string jobsFolderPath => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "jobs");
+    [JsonIgnore] public string coverImageCache => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "imageCache");
     [JsonIgnore] internal static readonly string DefaultUserAgent = $"Tranga ({Enum.GetName(Environment.OSVersion.Platform)}; {(Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem ? "x64" : "")}) / 1.0";
-    public static string downloadLocation { get; private set; } = (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux) ? "/Manga" : Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "Downloads"));
+    public ushort? version { get; } = 2;
-    public static string workingDirectory { get; private set; } = Path.Join(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux) ? "/usr/share" : Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), "tranga-api");
+    public bool aprilFoolsMode { get; private set; } = true;
-    public static int apiPortNumber { get; private set; } = 6531;
-    public static string userAgent { get; private set; } = DefaultUserAgent;
-    [JsonIgnore] public static string settingsFilePath => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "settings.json");
-    [JsonIgnore] public static string libraryConnectorsFilePath => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "libraryConnectors.json");
-    [JsonIgnore] public static string notificationConnectorsFilePath => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "notificationConnectors.json");
-    [JsonIgnore] public static string jobsFolderPath => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "jobs");
-    [JsonIgnore] public static string coverImageCache => Path.Join(workingDirectory, "imageCache");
-    public static ushort? version { get; } = 2;
-    public static bool aprilFoolsMode { get; private set; } = true;
     [JsonIgnore]internal static readonly Dictionary<RequestType, int> DefaultRequestLimits = new ()
     {
         {RequestType.MangaInfo, 250},
@@ -32,38 +33,50 @@ public static class TrangaSettings
         {RequestType.Default, 60}
     };
 
-    public static Dictionary<RequestType, int> requestLimits { get; set; } = DefaultRequestLimits;
+    public Dictionary<RequestType, int> requestLimits { get; set; } = DefaultRequestLimits;
 
-    public static void LoadFromWorkingDirectory(string directory)
+    public TrangaSettings(string? downloadLocation = null, string? workingDirectory = null, int? apiPortNumber = null)
     {
-        TrangaSettings.workingDirectory = directory;
+        string wd = workingDirectory ?? Path.Join(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux) ? "/usr/share" : Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), "tranga-api");
-        if (!File.Exists(settingsFilePath))
+        string sfp = Path.Join(wd, "settings.json");
-        {
+        
-            return;
+        string lockFilePath = $"{sfp}.lock";
+        if (File.Exists(sfp) && !File.Exists(lockFilePath))
+        {//Load from settings file
+            FileStream lockFile = File.Create(lockFilePath,0, FileOptions.DeleteOnClose); //lock settingsfile
+            string settingsStr = File.ReadAllText(sfp);
+            settingsStr = Regex.Replace(settingsStr, @"""MangaDexAuthor"": [0-9]+,", "");//https://github.com/C9Glax/tranga/pull/161 Remove sometime in the future :3
+            TrangaSettings settings = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TrangaSettings>(settingsStr)!;
+            this.requestLimits = settings.requestLimits;
+            this.userAgent = settings.userAgent;
+            this.downloadLocation = downloadLocation ?? settings.downloadLocation;
+            this.workingDirectory = workingDirectory ?? settings.workingDirectory;
+            this.apiPortNumber = apiPortNumber ?? settings.apiPortNumber;
+            lockFile.Close();  //unlock settingsfile
+        }
+        else if(!File.Exists(sfp))
+        {//No settings file exists
+            if (downloadLocation?.Length < 1 || workingDirectory?.Length < 1)
+                throw new ArgumentException("Download-location and working-directory paths can not be empty!");
+            this.requestLimits = DefaultRequestLimits;
+            this.userAgent = DefaultUserAgent;
+            this.apiPortNumber = apiPortNumber ?? 6531;
+            this.downloadLocation = downloadLocation ?? (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux) ? "/Manga" : Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "Downloads"));
+            this.workingDirectory = workingDirectory ?? Path.Join(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux) ? "/usr/share" : Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), "tranga-api");
+            ExportSettings();
         }
         else
-        {
+        {//Settingsfile is locked
-            Deserialize(File.ReadAllText(settingsFilePath));
+            this.requestLimits = DefaultRequestLimits;
+            this.userAgent = DefaultUserAgent;
+            this.apiPortNumber = apiPortNumber!.Value;
+            this.downloadLocation = downloadLocation!;
+            this.workingDirectory = workingDirectory!;
+        }
+        UpdateDownloadLocation(this.downloadLocation, false);
     }
 
-        Directory.CreateDirectory(downloadLocation);
+    public HashSet<LibraryConnector> LoadLibraryConnectors(GlobalBase clone)
-        Directory.CreateDirectory(workingDirectory);
-        ExportSettings();
-    }
-
-    public static void CreateOrUpdate(string? downloadDirectory = null, string? pWorkingDirectory = null, int? pApiPortNumber = null, string? pUserAgent = null, bool? pAprilFoolsMode = null)
-    {
-        TrangaSettings.downloadLocation = downloadDirectory ?? TrangaSettings.downloadLocation;
-        TrangaSettings.workingDirectory = pWorkingDirectory ?? TrangaSettings.workingDirectory;
-        TrangaSettings.apiPortNumber = pApiPortNumber ?? TrangaSettings.apiPortNumber;
-        TrangaSettings.userAgent = pUserAgent ?? TrangaSettings.userAgent;
-        TrangaSettings.aprilFoolsMode = pAprilFoolsMode ?? TrangaSettings.aprilFoolsMode;
-        Directory.CreateDirectory(downloadLocation);
-        Directory.CreateDirectory(workingDirectory);
-        ExportSettings();
-    }
-
-    public static HashSet<LibraryConnector> LoadLibraryConnectors(GlobalBase clone)
     {
         if (!File.Exists(libraryConnectorsFilePath))
             return new HashSet<LibraryConnector>();
@@ -77,7 +90,7 @@ public static class TrangaSettings
             })!;
     }
 
-    public static HashSet<NotificationConnector> LoadNotificationConnectors(GlobalBase clone)
+    public HashSet<NotificationConnector> LoadNotificationConnectors(GlobalBase clone)
     {
         if (!File.Exists(notificationConnectorsFilePath))
             return new HashSet<NotificationConnector>();
@@ -91,13 +104,13 @@ public static class TrangaSettings
             })!;
     }
 
-    public static void UpdateAprilFoolsMode(bool enabled)
+    public void UpdateAprilFoolsMode(bool enabled)
     {
-        TrangaSettings.aprilFoolsMode = enabled;
+        this.aprilFoolsMode = enabled;
         ExportSettings();
     }
 
-    public static void UpdateDownloadLocation(string newPath, bool moveFiles = true)
+    public void UpdateDownloadLocation(string newPath, bool moveFiles = true)
     {
         if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
             Directory.CreateDirectory(newPath,
@@ -105,44 +118,32 @@ public static class TrangaSettings
         else
             Directory.CreateDirectory(newPath);
         
-        if (moveFiles && Directory.Exists(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation))
+        if (moveFiles && Directory.Exists(this.downloadLocation))
-            Directory.Move(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation, newPath);
+            Directory.Move(this.downloadLocation, newPath);
 
-        TrangaSettings.downloadLocation = newPath;
+        this.downloadLocation = newPath;
         ExportSettings();
     }
 
-    public static void UpdateWorkingDirectory(string newPath)
+    public void UpdateWorkingDirectory(string newPath)
     {
         if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
             Directory.CreateDirectory(newPath,
                 GroupRead | GroupWrite | None | OtherRead | OtherWrite | UserRead | UserWrite);
         else
             Directory.CreateDirectory(newPath);
-        Directory.Move(TrangaSettings.workingDirectory, newPath);
+        Directory.Move(this.workingDirectory, newPath);
-        TrangaSettings.workingDirectory = newPath;
+        this.workingDirectory = newPath;
         ExportSettings();
     }
 
-    public static void UpdateUserAgent(string? customUserAgent)
+    public void UpdateUserAgent(string? customUserAgent)
     {
-        TrangaSettings.userAgent = customUserAgent ?? DefaultUserAgent;
+        this.userAgent = customUserAgent ?? DefaultUserAgent;
         ExportSettings();
     }
 
-    public static void UpdateRateLimit(RequestType requestType, int newLimit)
+    public void ExportSettings()
-    {
-        TrangaSettings.requestLimits[requestType] = newLimit;
-        ExportSettings();
-    }
-
-    public static void ResetRateLimits()
-    {
-        TrangaSettings.requestLimits = DefaultRequestLimits;
-        ExportSettings();
-    }
-
-    public static void ExportSettings()
     {
         if (File.Exists(settingsFilePath))
         {
@@ -151,36 +152,22 @@ public static class TrangaSettings
         }
         else
             Directory.CreateDirectory(new FileInfo(settingsFilePath).DirectoryName!);
-        File.WriteAllText(settingsFilePath, Serialize());
+        File.WriteAllText(settingsFilePath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this, Formatting.Indented));
     }
 
-    public static string Serialize()
+    public string GetFullCoverPath(Manga manga)
     {
-        JObject jobj = new JObject();
+        return Path.Join(this.coverImageCache, manga.coverFileNameInCache);
-        jobj.Add("downloadLocation", JToken.FromObject(TrangaSettings.downloadLocation));
-        jobj.Add("workingDirectory", JToken.FromObject(TrangaSettings.workingDirectory));
-        jobj.Add("apiPortNumber", JToken.FromObject(TrangaSettings.apiPortNumber));
-        jobj.Add("userAgent", JToken.FromObject(TrangaSettings.userAgent));
-        jobj.Add("aprilFoolsMode", JToken.FromObject(TrangaSettings.aprilFoolsMode));
-        jobj.Add("version", JToken.FromObject(TrangaSettings.version));
-        jobj.Add("requestLimits", JToken.FromObject(TrangaSettings.requestLimits));
-        return jobj.ToString();
     }
 
-    public static void Deserialize(string serialized)
+    public override string ToString()
     {
-        JObject jobj = JObject.Parse(serialized);
+        return $"TrangaSettings:\n" +
-        if (jobj.TryGetValue("downloadLocation", out JToken? dl))
+               $"\tDownloadLocation: {downloadLocation}\n" +
-            TrangaSettings.downloadLocation = dl.Value<string>()!;
+               $"\tworkingDirectory: {workingDirectory}\n" +
-        if (jobj.TryGetValue("workingDirectory", out JToken? wd))
+               $"\tjobsFolderPath: {jobsFolderPath}\n" +
-            TrangaSettings.workingDirectory = wd.Value<string>()!;
+               $"\tsettingsFilePath: {settingsFilePath}\n" +
-        if (jobj.TryGetValue("apiPortNumber", out JToken? apn))
+               $"\t\tnotificationConnectors: {notificationConnectorsFilePath}\n" +
-            TrangaSettings.apiPortNumber = apn.Value<int>();
+               $"\t\tlibraryConnectors: {libraryConnectorsFilePath}\n";
-        if (jobj.TryGetValue("userAgent", out JToken? ua))
-            TrangaSettings.userAgent = ua.Value<string>()!;
-        if (jobj.TryGetValue("aprilFoolsMode", out JToken? afm))
-            TrangaSettings.aprilFoolsMode = afm.Value<bool>()!;
-        if (jobj.TryGetValue("requestLimits", out JToken? rl))
-            TrangaSettings.requestLimits = rl.ToObject<Dictionary<RequestType, int>>()!;
     }
 }