Multiple Configs not working

[ziogref]

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What happened?

So I download the latest version of the application and left the default setting for configs_path = configs

I then placed 2 config files into the the config folder

SpamPurgeConfig.ini SpamPurgeConfig2.ini

(No configs were placed in the application root directory)

If I enable auto_close after the first script runs it will auto close without going onto the next if I disable auto_close the first script will finish, I hit enter to "Return to Main Menu" and then the first script will run again. I can keep doing this but it will only use the first config never the 2nd.

Have I done something wrong? or is this a bug? I have tried on 2 computers including a fresh install of the application on both computers.

OS = Ubuntu Server 21.10 OS = Linux Mint 20.3

Release version

2.16.4

Steps to reproduce

1. Create 2 different config files and place them into ./configs
2. Run "python3 YTSpammerPurge.py" from terminal 3a. Application will auto exit without moving on if auto_close is set to true 3b Application will end up in a loop if auto_close is set to false

What platform are you seeing this problem on?

Linux (can also be ChromeOS)

Relevant log output

Config file I am using

# ---------- Config file for YT Spammer Purge program ----------
# INSTRUCTIONS:
# • Lines with a hashtag are just comments / instructions
# • If you set a setting in here, the program will not Ask you to enter/confirm when your run it
# • If you leave the value as 'Ask', the program will Ask you for it as usual
# • Some settings might not be necessary depending on which modes you select
#
# • For 100% automatic usage of program, enter all values (or at least all for your scanning/filtering modes)
# • NOTE: Human confirmation is required for most settings to actually remove comments
#   - If comment removal is automated, comments are marked as "held for review" and hidden
#
# MORE NOTES:
# • Current filter modes that support automated comment removal:
#       - Scanning for exact channel ID(s)
#       - Auto Smart-Mode
# • If scanning someone elses channel, you can report spammers, but while in Auto-Smart Mode only
# 
# USING MULTIPLE CONFIG FILES:
# • You can create additional config files through the same menu used to create the initial config file
#       - Then you can choose which config to use when starting the program
# • You can also make another config by just copying one and renaming it, adding a number such as: "SpamPurgeConfig2.ini"

[config-meta]
#---------------------------------------------------------------
    # If 'True', program starts with all config settings immediately
    # If 'False', program starts with default settings immediately, ignoring any config settings
    # If 'Ask', program Asks to use config settings at start. And if you have multiple configs, will ask which to use
    # NOTE: This setting only applies to the primary config file ("SpamPurgeConfig.ini"), not any other configs you make
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: True | False | Ask
use_this_config = True

    # A short description to show for this config file when asking which config file to choose
    #    > Examples: "Scan last 3 videos with auto smart", "Scan last video for [some phrase]"
    # This ONLY matters if you have multiple config files (such as "SpamPurgeConfig2.ini", "SpamPurgeConfig3.ini", etc)
    # Possible Values:  Anything
this_config_description = Isaac Butterfield

    # Set the full OR relative folder path where to look for secondary config files (not including file name itself). Ensure write permissions to path.
    # Windows Users: Do NOT begin the path with a slash, or the location will be relative to the root of the disk!
    # NOTE: If you change this from the default path, you MUST keep at least the main (not numbered) config in the same folder as the program, so it knows where to look for the others
    #       > If you keep the default value, you can also put the main config file into there with the secondary configs. 
    # Default = configs  --  Example Values:  any/relative/path/  |  C:\Users\wherever\  |  /home/user/configs
configs_path = configs

[general]
#---------------------------------------------------------------
    # Enter your channel ID, to bypass initial user confirmation - Example: 'UCK8sQmJBp8GCxrOtXWBpyEA'
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | UCx123-BlahBlahExampleID
your_channel_id = [redacted for github post]

    # Enables or disables silent checking of newer version when program runs. Only displays message if update is available
    # This will not display errors if it cannot get version. To see any issues, use program's manual update check
    # NOTE: This DOES NOT download the updates automatically, it is only for auto-CHECKING for updates
    # Default = True -- Possible Values: True | False
auto_check_update = False

    # Choose whether to be notified only of stable releases, or all new releases (including pre-release / beta versions)
    # Only matters when auto_check_update is enabled
    # Default = All  --  Possible Values: All | Stable
release_channel = All

    # Skips asking for user confirmation yes/no that the entered video link/ID is correct
    # Setting is ignored if video_to_scan is set, which will make it skip anyway
    # Default = False -- Possible Values: True | False
skip_confirm_video = True

    # Overrides 'Not Your Channel' mode to allow holding comments for review in both Smart filter modes, even if you are not the video uploader
    # Only set to True if you have moderator permissions on the channel you're scanning, or you'll just get errors
    # Default = False -- Possible Values: True | False
moderator_mode = False

    # When a full scanning & removal run completes, sets whether to automatically close the program after short delay, rather than prompting to return to main menu
    # Useful if intending to run the program fully autonomously. This setting only applies after a scanning run, not necessarily for every single "return to main menu" prompt 
    # Default = False -- Possible Values: True | False
auto_close = True

    # If your system does not support console color codes, set this to False to disable them from being used.
    # If you see "� [0m� [0m" in your console, setting this to False will help.
    # Default = True -- Possible Values: True | False
colors_enabled = True

[scanning]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Scan Mode: Scan either a single video or your whole channel
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | ChosenVideos | RecentVideos | EntireChannel | CommunityPost | RecentCommunityPosts
scan_mode = RecentVideos

    # Only necessary if scanning entire channel or a community post. Must be either 'Ask' or a number.
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | [number]
max_comments = 100000

    # Video link(s) or video ID(s) to scan, in the specific videos scanning mode
    # If scanning multiple videos, they must be comma separated
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | xyzVidIDExample
videos_to_scan = Ask

    # The channel ID or channel link to scan in 'Recent Videos' mode. For your own channel, enter 'Mine'
    # Default = Ask -- Posible Values: Ask | Mine | UCx123-BlahBlahExampleID
channel_to_scan = http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wBAxgUX9P0fXZ6-D0frRA

    # For Recent Video (and Recent Community Post) scanning modes, how many recent videos/posts to scan.
    # For videos, up to 500 (the YouTube API Limit). For community posts, it varies by channel, but usually ~5-10 tops
    # Default = Ask -- Possible Values: Ask | 1 - 500
recent_videos_amount = 2

[filtering]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Mode that determines what to scan
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | ID | Username | Text | NameAndText | AutoASCII | AutoSmart | SensitiveSmart
filter_mode = AutoSmart

    # Used for modes 'Username', 'Text' or 'NameAndText' - Determines what criteria to actually scan for
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | characters | strings | regex
filter_subMode = Ask

#---- Filter Mode Specific Settings ----

    # For Filter Mode 'ID' -  Enter comma separated list of IDs or channel links
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | UCx123-BlahBlahExampleID
channel_ids_to_filter = Ask

    # For Filter Mode 'AutoASCII' - Choose sensitivity
    # 1 = Allow Standard + Extended ASCII,  2 = Standard ASCII Only,  3 = NUKE Mode (only letters/numbers/spaces)
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | 1 | 2 | 3
autoASCII_sensitivity = Ask

#---- Filter Sub-Mode Specific Settings ----

    # Put individual characters to scan for, with no spaces or commas or anything - Example: 👆☑➡
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | [characters]
characters_to_filter = Ask

    # Comma separated list of strings - Example:  whatsapp, something else, investment
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | [strings]
strings_to_filter = Ask

    # A regex expression to filter - Example: [^\x00-\xFF]
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | [regex]
regex_to_filter = Ask

[autosmart-customization]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # In Auto-Smart and Sensitive-Smart modes, sets whether it will flag comments that contain nothing but a youtube video/channel link
    # I consider this spam but some have disagreed, so I've made it optional
    # Default = True -- Possible Values: True | False
detect_link_spam = False

    # In Auto-Smart and Sensitive-Smart modes, sets whether to flag comments by users with usernames such as "100k subs without any videos"
    # These accounts usually just spam and are typically against YouTube's guidelines, but some apparently don't consider it spam
    # Default = False  --  Possible: True | False
detect_sub_challenge_spam = False

    # In Auto-Smart and Sensitive-Smart modes, whether to check for 'spam threads' where many fake bots reply to eachother to promote scams
    # Default = True  --  Possible: True | False
detect_spam_threads = True

[advanced-filtering]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # This will check for multiple similar comments by the same author in the specified filtering modes.
    # If a commenter has already been marked as a match, all their comments will be removed and won't show here
    # For multiple, must be comma separated list. To disable duplicate scanning altogether, enter only 'None'
    # NOTE: Currently does not work for Community Posts and Entire Channel Mode
    # Default = AutoSmart, SensitiveSmart  --  Possible Values:  None | ID | Username | Text | NameAndText | AutoASCII | AutoSmart | SensitiveSmart
duplicate_check_modes = AutoSmart, SensitiveSmart

    # The minimum number of duplicate/similar comments a single user must leave before they are flagged / counted as a match
    # The threshold is 'greater than or equal to' the number entered
    # NOTE 1: At this time, if the threshold is reached for a user, all of their comments will be flagged, even if all of them aren't necessarily similar
    # NOTE 2: Duplicates are measured per-video. Comments on different videos are not compared
    # Default = 8  --  Possible Values: [Any integer above 2]
minimum_duplicates = 4

    # Minimum number of characters a comment must have to be considered when checking duplicates
    # The threshold is 'greater than or equal to' the number entered
    # Note: In some special circumstances (such as a comment containing a domain name), this number may be overridden
minimum_duplicate_length = 14

    # Determines at least how similar two comments must be to be considered a duplicate
    # 1.0 is 100% the same, 0.5 is 50% similar, and so on. Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance
    # If you enter 0.0, it will simply flag all comments from users who left more comments than the minimum_duplicate threshold
    # Using values of 0.0 or 1.0 will be many times faster, because the computation is much simpler
    # Default = 0.9 | Possible Values: 0.00 to 1.00
levenshtein_distance = 0.9

    # This will check if a comment was posted previously by someone else in the specified filtering mode.
    # If a commenter has already been marked as a match, all their comments will be removed and won't show here
    # For multiple, must be comma separated list. To disable duplicate scanning altogether, enter only 'None'
    # NOTE: Currently does not work for Community Posts and Entire Channel Mode
    # Default = AutoSmart, SensitiveSmart  --  Possible Values:  None | ID | Username | Text | NameAndText | AutoASCII | AutoSmart | SensitiveSmart
stolen_comments_check_modes = SensitiveSmart

    # The minimum length a comment must be before it is checked against other comments for similarity.
    # SETTING THIS VALUE TOO LOW IS NOT RECOMMENED - Common messages like "Hi", "first" will be flagged
    # The threshold is 'greater than or equal to' the number entered.
    # Default = 25  --  Possible Values: [Any integer above 0] 
stolen_minimum_text_length = 25

    # Whether to also detect similar comments when scanning for stolen comments
    # Uses the same 'levenshtein_distance' value as the duplicate comments setting
    # WARNING: When you get into the 1000s of comments, this will take a large amount of time
    # Default = False -- Possible Values: True | False
fuzzy_stolen_comment_detection = False

[removal]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # If 'False', behaves as normal. If 'True', simply skips deletion altogether and exits program, Good if you just want to collect logs.
    # See 'delete_without_reviewing' option for actual deletion behavior
    # NOTE: This also skips the 'exclude' option
    # Default = False  --  Possible Values: True | False
skip_deletion = False

    # If True, program will NOT require approval before deleting comments, and will just do so immediately (effective only for certain settings, see instructions at top)
    # If 'skip_deletion' setting is 'True', this setting makes no difference and no comments will be deleted
    # Default = False  --  Possible Values: True | False
delete_without_reviewing = True

    # NOTE: Only other possible option is 'False' - Only change this if going fully automated, or you never want to ban users
    #   > The YouTube API doesn't allow banning when using "held for review" option, which currently is the only automated deletion option for this program
    # Leaving as 'Ask' asks to ban like normal. Setting it to 'True' will make NO DIFFERENCE and may only produce errors
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | False
enable_ban = Ask

    # Whether to remove all comments by a user, not just the exact comments that were matched
    # Will remove any comments by the author across all videos scanned
    # Note: Also does not work when reporting
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | True | False    
remove_all_author_comments = Ask

    # Choose the default method of comment removal the program will use. 'rejected' means normal removal/deletion. 'heldForReview' moves comment to Held For Review section. 'reportSpam' means just report for spam.
    # Note 1: If delete_without_renewing is true, this removal_type must be either reportSpam or heldForReview
    # Note 2: You can only ban users while removing their comment using 'rejected'
    # Note 3: If in 'Not Your Channel' mode, this setting has no effect, and you will always only report spam
    # Default = rejected -- Possible Values: rejected | heldForReview | reportSpam
removal_type = reportSpam

    # Whether to whitelist any authors that were excluded from deletion (using 'exclude' or 'only' options)
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | True | False
whitelist_excluded = Ask

    # Allows you to skip the process of checking that each comment is deleted. Good to reduce API quota usage, and time spent using the app.
    # Because checking each comment individually costs 1 API unit, and there is a daily API quota of 10,000, if you're deleting thousands of comments, checking for success can quickly eat up your entire quota
    # Default = True  --  Possible Values: True | False
check_deletion_success = True

[logging]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Enable log file generation: 'True' or 'False'
    # Default = Ask  --  Possible Values: Ask | True | False
enable_logging = False

    # Set the full OR relative folder path where log files will go (not including file name itself). Ensure write permissions to path.
    # Note for windows users: Do NOT begin the path with a slash, or the location will be relative to the root of the disk!
    # Default = logs  --  Example Values:  any/relative/path/  |  C:\Users\wherever\  |  /home/user/logfiles
log_path = logs

    # Set whether to create log files as plain text, or Rich Text Format with colors
    # Default = plaintext  |  Possible Values: rtf | plaintext
log_mode = rtf

    # Allows you to ALSO create a json version of the logged match data (in addition to normal log file)
    # Note: If enable_logging is False, that also disables json logging regardless of this setting
    # Default = False  --  Possible Values: True | False
json_log = False

    # Sets the encoding method to be used in the json file, if you want to change it for some reason
    # Just be sure to pick one that supports all unicode characters
    # Default = utf-8  --  Possible Values: Theoretically any python supported encoding found here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings
json_encoding = utf-8

    # Whether to add extra information about each comment to the json log file. Currently: Video Uploader's Name, Video Title
    # Default = True  --  Possible Values: True | False
json_extra_data = True

    # Whether to log all comments scanned, whether flagged as spam or not. Flagged comments will have a label in the json object
    # Default = False -- Possible Values: True | False
json_log_all_comments = False

    # Whether to also fetch profile pictures for matched commeters when in json logging mode, and the video uploader's too
    # Images will be stored in the log_path, then in a folder with the same naming scheme (date/time) as the log accompanying log file
    # Each profile picture file will be named as the channel ID of the respective user + .jpg
    # To enable, set the resolution of the image ('default' = 88x88, 'medium' = 240x240, 'high' = 800x800)
    # Default = False  --  Possible Values: False | default | medium | high
json_profile_picture = False

[api]
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # DO NOT change this unless Google has granted you an increased API quota
    # You would have to specifically request this. Read more here: TJoe.io/api-limit-info
quota_limit = 10000

# Don't change anything below here!
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[info]
config_version = 31

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[ThioJoe]

Yea the multiple configs is just a way to save 'presets', it's not intended to be a way to run different configurations in sequence automatically