Merge pull request #2922 from freqtrade/config_userdir

default to loading config.json from userdir if it exists

freqtrade/commands/arguments.py

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ from functools import partial
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
-from freqtrade import constants
 from freqtrade.commands.cli_options import AVAILABLE_CLI_OPTIONS
+from freqtrade.constants import DEFAULT_CONFIG
 
 ARGS_COMMON = ["verbosity", "logfile", "version", "config", "datadir", "user_data_dir"]
 
@@ -107,10 +107,23 @@ class Arguments:
         # Workaround issue in argparse with action='append' and default value
         # (see https://bugs.python.org/issue16399)
         # Allow no-config for certain commands (like downloading / plotting)
-        if ('config' in parsed_arg and parsed_arg.config is None and
-            ((Path.cwd() / constants.DEFAULT_CONFIG).is_file() or
-             not ('command' in parsed_arg and parsed_arg.command in NO_CONF_REQURIED))):
-            parsed_arg.config = [constants.DEFAULT_CONFIG]
+        if ('config' in parsed_arg and parsed_arg.config is None):
+            conf_required = ('command' in parsed_arg and parsed_arg.command in NO_CONF_REQURIED)
+
+            if 'user_data_dir' in parsed_arg and parsed_arg.user_data_dir is not None:
+                user_dir = parsed_arg.user_data_dir
+            else:
+                # Default case
+                user_dir = 'user_data'
+                # Try loading from "user_data/config.json"
+            cfgfile = Path(user_dir) / DEFAULT_CONFIG
+            if cfgfile.is_file():
+                parsed_arg.config = [str(cfgfile)]
+            else:
+                # Else use "config.json".
+                cfgfile = Path.cwd() / DEFAULT_CONFIG
+                if cfgfile.is_file() or not conf_required:
+                    parsed_arg.config = [DEFAULT_CONFIG]
 
         return parsed_arg
 

freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ AVAILABLE_CLI_OPTIONS = {
     ),
     "config": Arg(
         '-c', '--config',
-        help=f'Specify configuration file (default: `{constants.DEFAULT_CONFIG}`). '
+        help=f'Specify configuration file (default: `userdir/{constants.DEFAULT_CONFIG}` '
+        f'or `config.json` whichever exists). '
         f'Multiple --config options may be used. '
         f'Can be set to `-` to read config from stdin.',
         action='append',