Constants now persist

cuemacro · Apr 15, 2021 · c6feaed · c6feaed
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ In chartpy/examples you will find several demos
 
 # Coding log
 
+* 15 Apr 2021
+ * Constant overrides now persist
 * 13 Apr 2021
  * Can add second y-axis labels for Plotly
 * 22 Mar 2021

diff --git a/chartpy/chartconstants.py b/chartpy/chartconstants.py
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ class ChartConstants(object):
  'yellowgreen': '#9ACD32'
  }
 
+ override_fields = {}
+
  # or we can store credentials in a file "chartcred.py" in the same folder, which will overwrite the above
  # eg. TWITTER_APP_KEY, TWITTER_APP_SECRET, TWITTER_OAUTH_TOKEN, TWITTER_TOKEN_SECRET
  # overwrite field variables with those listed in ChartCred or we can pass through an dictionary to override any fields
@@ -323,6 +325,12 @@ def __init__(self, override_fields={}):
  except:
  pass
 
+ # Store overrided fields
+ if override_fields == {}:
+ override_fields = ChartConstants.override_fields
+ else:
+ ChartConstants.override_fields = override_fields
+
  for k in override_fields.keys():
  if '__' not in k:
  setattr(ChartConstants, k, override_fields[k])