# cli.config – Axolotl

# cli.config

`cli.config`

Configuration loading and processing.

## Functions

Name | Description
--- | ---
check_remote_config | First, determines if the passed config is a valid HTTPS URL. Then, attempts to query
choose_config | Helper method for choosing a `axolotl` config YAML file (considering only files
load_cfg | Loads the `axolotl` configuration stored at `config`, validates it, and performs
prepare_plugins | Registers the plugins for the given configuration.

### check_remote_config

    cli.config.check_remote_config(config)

First, determines if the passed config is a valid HTTPS URL. Then, attempts to query for it and parse its content, first as JSON, then as YAML (YAML is preferred). Finally, the parsed content is written to a local file and its path is returned.

#### Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Default
--- | --- | --- | ---
config | Union[str, Path] | HTTPS URL to a YAML or JSON file. | required

#### Returns

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
| Union[str, Path] | Either the original `config` if it’s not a valid HTTPS URL, or the path to the
| Union[str, Path] | downloaded remote config.

#### Raises

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
| ValueError | If the remote configuration is neither valid JSON or YAML.
| RuntimeError | If some request-related exception occurs from the file download.
| Exception | Catch-all for any other exception.

### choose_config

    cli.config.choose_config(path)

Helper method for choosing a `axolotl` config YAML file (considering only files ending with `.yml` or `.yaml`). If more than one config file exists in the passed `path`, the user is prompted to choose one.

#### Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Default
--- | --- | --- | ---
path | Path | Directory in which config file(s) are stored. | required

#### Returns

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
| str | Path to either (1) the sole YAML file, or (2) if more than one YAML files exist,
| str | the user-selected YAML file.

#### Raises

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
| ValueError | If no YAML files are found in the given `path`.

### load_cfg

    cli.config.load_cfg(config=Path('examples/'), **kwargs)

Loads the `axolotl` configuration stored at `config`, validates it, and performs various setup.

#### Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Default
--- | --- | --- | ---
config | str | Path | DictDefault | Path (local or remote) to `axolotl` config YAML file. | `Path('examples/')`
kwargs |  | Additional keyword arguments to override config file values. | `{}`

#### Returns

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
| DictDefault | `DictDefault` mapping configuration keys to values.

### prepare_plugins

    cli.config.prepare_plugins(cfg)

Registers the plugins for the given configuration.

#### Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Default
--- | --- | --- | ---
cfg | DictDefault | Dictionary mapping `axolotl` config keys to values. | required