Portable syncthing helper tool to create portable and isolated instances

syncthing_portable.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

HOME_DIR_NAME = '.syncport'
CMD_PARAMS = ['-no-restart']

def main():
	print("Setting up portable syncthing...")
	if not os.path.exists(HOME_DIR_NAME):
		init_home_dir()
	else:
		CMD_PARAMS.append('-no-browser')
	
	CMD_PARAMS.insert(0, '-home=' + HOME_DIR_NAME)
	syncthing(CMD_PARAMS)

def init_home_dir():
	print("Creating syncthing home in " + HOME_DIR_NAME)
	syncthing(['-generate=' + HOME_DIR_NAME])
	config_file_path = os.path.join(HOME_DIR_NAME, 'config.xml')
	config_file = open(config_file_path, 'rb+')
	tree = ET.parse(config_file)
	root = tree.getroot();
	
	print("Removing default sync directory...")
	def_dir = root.find('./folder[@id="default"]')
	root.remove(def_dir)
	
	print("Denying usage details collection consent...")
	consent = root.find('./options/urAccepted')
	consent.text = '-1'
	
	print("Writing changes to config.xml...")
	config_file.seek(0)
	tree.write(config_file, 'utf-8')
	config_file.truncate()

def syncthing(args):
	args = ' '.join(args)
	return os.system('syncthing ' + args)

if __name__ == '__main__': main()