Added inspect.get_config() method to get the configuration programmatically

platypush/config/__init__.py

@@ -344,15 +344,19 @@ class Config(object):
         _default_config_instance = Config(cfgfile)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get(key):
+    def get(key: Optional[str] = None):
         """
-        Gets a config value
-        Params:
-            key -- Config key to get
+        Get a config value or the whole configuration object.
+
+        :param key: Configuration entry to get (default: all entries).
         """
         global _default_config_instance
         if _default_config_instance is None:
             _default_config_instance = Config()
-        return _default_config_instance._config.get(key)
+
+        if key:
+            return _default_config_instance._config.get(key)
+
+        return _default_config_instance._config
 
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platypush/message/__init__.py

@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ class Message(object):
             if isinstance(obj, JSONAble):
                 return obj.to_json()
 
-            return super().default(obj)
+            try:
+                return super().default(obj)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning('Could not serialize object type {}: {}: {}'.format(
+                    type(obj), str(e), obj))
 
     def __init__(self, timestamp=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.timestamp = timestamp or time.time()

platypush/plugins/inspect.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import json
 import pkgutil
 import re
 import threading
+from typing import Optional
 
 import platypush.backend
 import platypush.plugins
@@ -339,5 +340,19 @@ class InspectPlugin(Plugin):
         """
         return json.loads(json.dumps(Config.get_procedures(), cls=ProcedureEncoder))
 
+    @action
+    def get_config(self, entry: Optional[str] = None) -> dict:
+        """
+        Return the configuration of the application or of a section.
+
+        :param entry: [Optional] configuration entry name to retrieve (e.g. ``workdir`` or ``backend.http``).
+        :return: The requested configuration object.
+        """
+        if entry:
+            return Config.get(entry)
+
+        cfg = Config.get()
+        return cfg
+
 
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