implement 'subconfigs' option (#4440)

docs/configuration.rst

@@ -5124,6 +5124,16 @@ Description
     as signal handler for.
 
 
+subconfigs
+----------
+Type
+    ``list`` of |Path|_
+Example
+    ``["~/cfg-twitter.json", "~/cfg-reddit.json"]``
+Description
+    Additional configuration files to load.
+
+
 warnings
 --------
 Type

gallery_dl/__init__.py

@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ def main():
             config.load(args.configs_json, strict=True)
         if args.configs_yaml:
             import yaml
-            config.load(args.configs_yaml, strict=True, load=yaml.safe_load)
+            config.load(args.configs_yaml, strict=True, loads=yaml.safe_load)
         if args.configs_toml:
             try:
                 import tomllib as toml
             except ImportError:
                 import toml
-            config.load(args.configs_toml, strict=True, load=toml.loads)
+            config.load(args.configs_toml, strict=True, loads=toml.loads)
         if args.filename:
             filename = args.filename
             if filename == "/O":

gallery_dl/config.py

@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ def initialize():
     return 0
 
 
-def load(files=None, strict=False, load=util.json_loads):
+def load(files=None, strict=False, loads=util.json_loads):
     """Load JSON configuration files"""
     for pathfmt in files or _default_configs:
         path = util.expand_path(pathfmt)
         try:
             with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as file:
-                conf = load(file.read())
+                conf = loads(file.read())
         except OSError as exc:
             if strict:
                 log.error(exc)
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ def load(files=None, strict=False, load=util.json_loads):
                 util.combine_dict(_config, conf)
             _files.append(pathfmt)
 
+            if "subconfigs" in conf:
+                subconfigs = conf["subconfigs"]
+                if subconfigs:
+                    if isinstance(subconfigs, str):
+                        subconfigs = (subconfigs,)
+                    load(subconfigs, strict, loads)
+
 
 def clear():
     """Reset configuration to an empty state"""