4 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/voctogui/default-config.ini b/voctogui/default-config.ini
index 28ffc0c..03b0300 100644
--- a/voctogui/default-config.ini
+++ b/voctogui/default-config.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[server]
+host=localhost
+
 [previews]
 width=320
 #height=180
diff --git a/voctogui/lib/config.py b/voctogui/lib/config.py
index b06075c..b18acfb 100644
--- a/voctogui/lib/config.py
+++ b/voctogui/lib/config.py
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
+import logging
 import os.path
 from configparser import SafeConfigParser
 from lib.args import Args
+import lib.connection as Connection
 
 __all__ = ['Config']
 
 def getlist(self, section, option):
 	return [x.strip() for x in self.get(section, option).split(',')]
 
+def fetchRemoteConfig(self):
+	log = logging.getLogger('Config')
+	log.info("reading server-config %s", Connection)
+	Connection.ask('config')
+
 SafeConfigParser.getlist = getlist
+SafeConfigParser.fetchRemoteConfig = fetchRemoteConfig
 
 files = [
 	os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../default-config.ini'),
diff --git a/voctogui/lib/connection.py b/voctogui/lib/connection.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac7243d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/voctogui/lib/connection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import logging
+import socket
+
+log = logging.getLogger('Connection')
+sock = None
+port = 9999
+
+def establish(host):
+	log.info('establishing Connection to %s', host)
+	sock = socket.create_connection( (host, port) )
+	log.debug('Connection successful \o/')
+	# TODO: register IO callback here
+
+
+def send(command):
+	print("would send command talk to server now and read back the response")
+	filelike = sock.makefile('rw')
+	filelike.write(command + "\n")
+	filelike.flush()
+
+
+def on_data(args*):
+	filelike = sock.makefile()
+	line = ''
+	try:
+		line = filelike.readline()
+	except Exception as e:
+		log.warn("Can't read from socket: %s", e)
+
+	if len(line) == 0:
+		close_connection()
+		return False
+
+	line = line.strip()
+
+	process_line(line)
+
+
+def process_line(line):
+	msg_type = line.split()[0]
+
+
+def close_connection():
+	pass
+
diff --git a/voctogui/voctogui.py b/voctogui/voctogui.py
index 52bc3c0..932b8f9 100755
--- a/voctogui/voctogui.py
+++ b/voctogui/voctogui.py
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ Gst.init([])
 
 # import local classes
 from lib.args import Args
+from lib.config import Config
 from lib.ui import Ui
 
+import lib.connection as Connection
+
 # main class
 class Voctogui(object):
 	def __init__(self):
@@ -100,6 +103,13 @@ def main():
 	logging.info('Python Version: %s', sys.version_info)
 	logging.info('GStreamer Version: %s', Gst.version())
 
+	# connect to server
+	Connection.establish(
+		Config.get('server', 'host'))
+
+	# fetch serverconfig from server
+	Config.fetchRemoteConfig()
+
 	# init main-class and main-loop
 	logging.debug('initializing Voctogui')
 	voctogui = Voctogui()