Load app name and brand from the config and/or environment for flexibility

config.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
     "APPNAME": "",
+    "APPBRAND": "",
     "DBNAME": "smash.db"
 }

smash/__init__.py

@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ conf = config.Config('config.json')
 if 'HEROKU' in os.environ:
     conf.add(('HEROKU', 1))
 
+# Load app name from environment if it's not in the config
+if ('APPNAME' in conf.config and
+    conf.config['APPNAME']=="" and
+    'APPNAME' in os.environ):
+    conf.add(('APPNAME', os.environ['APPNAME']))
+
+# Load app brand name from environment if it's not in the config
+if ('APPBRAND' in conf.config and
+    conf.config['APPBRAND']=="" and
+    'APPBRAND' in os.environ):
+    conf.add(('APPBRAND', os.environ['APPBRAND']))
+
 db = database.Database(conf.config["DBNAME"])
 models.init_models(db)
 

smash/templates/base.html

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <div class="container">
       <nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-upper">
         <div class="navbar-header">
-          <a class="navbar-brand navbar-brand-upper" href="">smash</a>
+          <a class="navbar-brand navbar-brand-upper" href="">{{ appbrand }}</a>
         </div>
       </nav>
       <nav class="navbar navbar-static-top navbar-lower">

smash/views.py

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ from smash import app, conf, db
 def index():
     return render_template(
         "index.html",
-        appname=conf.config["APPNAME"],
+        appname=conf.config['APPNAME'],
+        appbrand=conf.config['APPBRAND'],
         title="Quotes",
         msg="Landing page!"
     )
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ def latest():
 
     return render_template(
         "latest.html",
-        appname=conf.config["APPNAME"],
+        appname=conf.config['APPNAME'],
+        appbrand=conf.config['APPBRAND'],
         title="Latest",
         quotes=quotes
     )
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@ def quote(id):
         ]
         return render_template(
         "latest.html",
-        appname=conf.config["APPNAME"],
+        appname=conf.config['APPNAME'],
+        appbrand=conf.config['APPBRAND'],
         title="Latest",
         quotes=quote
     )
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ def quote(id):
 def tags():
     return render_template(
         "tags.html",
-        appname=conf.config["APPNAME"],
+        appname=conf.config['APPNAME'],
+        appbrand=conf.config['APPBRAND'],
         title="Tags"
     )