merging back into one repo - not going to host on app engine - google won't allow me to connect to external database

server/utils/config.go

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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"mywebsite/server/controller/api"
+	"mywebsite/server/db"
+)
+
+//structure for application configurations
+type Config struct {
+	Database db.DatabaseInfo `json:"database"`
+	Api      api.ApiInfo     `json:"api"`
+	Port		 int						 `json:"port"`
+}
+
+//read the config file and return JsonObject struct
+func ReadConfig() Config {
+
+	log.Println("Reading config file...")
+
+	file, e := ioutil.ReadFile("./config.json")
+
+	if e != nil {
+		log.Printf("File error: %v\n", e)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("%s\n", string(file))
+
+	//m := new(Dispatch)
+	//var m interface{}
+	var result Config
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal(file, &result)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}