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+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 MediaGoblin contributors.  See AUTHORS.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+from mediagoblin import app
+import getpass
+
+
+def setup_app(args):
+    """
+    Setup the application after reading the mediagoblin config files
+    """
+    mgoblin_app = app.MediaGoblinApp(args.conf_file)
+
+    return mgoblin_app
+
+def prompt_if_not_set(variable, text, password=False):
+    """
+    Checks if the variable is None and prompt for a value if it is
+    """
+    if variable is None:
+        if not password:
+            variable=raw_input(text + u' ')
+        else:
+            variable=getpass.getpass(text + u' ')
+    
+    return variable