# This file contains the function to connect to a secified database.
import json
import mariadb
import sys

# Open the config file and readout the data
with open(r'C:\Users\Nico\Desktop\Gitea\PlantSensorAPI\SQLHandler\config.json', 'r') as file:
    data = file.read()
    config = json.loads(data)


# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def createConnection(configuration):
    """
    It creates the connection to the database
    :param configuration: This specifies which configuration should be used
    :return: It returns the database connection
    """
    try:
        connection = mariadb.connect(
            host=config["host"],
            user=config["user"],
            password=config["passwd"],
            database=config["dbname"],
            autocommit=True
        )
    except mariadb.Error as e:
        print(f"Error connecting to MariaDB Platform: {e}")
        sys.exit(1)
    return connection