From 0acb4936fe08f8dc19aa8fa224b0b7005e473094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Mowen <nickmowen213@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:50:03 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add base class for global config updates

---
 frigate/config/updater.py | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 frigate/config/updater.py

diff --git a/frigate/config/updater.py b/frigate/config/updater.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db01d8e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frigate/config/updater.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""Convenience classes for updating global configurations dynamically."""
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import Any
+
+from frigate.comms.config_updater import ConfigPublisher, ConfigSubscriber
+
+
+class GlobalConfigUpdateEnum(str, Enum):
+    """Supported global config update types."""
+
+    add_camera = "add_camera"
+    remove_camera = "remove_camera"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class GlobalConfigUpdateTopic:
+    update_type: GlobalConfigUpdateEnum
+
+    @property
+    def topic(self) -> str:
+        return f"config/{self.update_type.name}"
+
+
+class GlobalConfigUpdatePublisher:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.publisher = ConfigPublisher()
+
+    def publish_update(self, topic: GlobalConfigUpdateTopic, config: Any) -> None:
+        self.publisher.publish(topic.topic, config)
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        self.publisher.stop()
+
+
+class GlobalConfigUpdateSubscriber:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        topics: list[GlobalConfigUpdateEnum],
+    ):
+        self.topics = topics
+        self.subscriber = ConfigSubscriber(
+            "config/",
+            exact=False,
+        )
+
+    def check_for_updates(self) -> dict[str, list[str]]:
+        updated_topics: list[str] = []
+
+        # get all updates available
+        while True:
+            update_topic, update_config = self.subscriber.check_for_update()
+
+            if update_topic is None or update_config is None:
+                break
+
+            _, raw_type = update_topic.split("/")
+            update_type = GlobalConfigUpdateEnum[raw_type]
+
+            if update_type in self.topics:
+                updated_topics.append(update_type.name)
+
+        return updated_topics
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        self.subscriber.stop()