Initial changes to move to '__manifest__' format

src/auto_archiver/core/loader.py

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+import os
+from os.path import join, dirname
+from typing import List
+
+MANIFEST_FILE = "__manifest__.py"
+_DEFAULT_MANIFEST = {
+    'author': 'Bellingcat',
+    'requires_setup': True,
+    'depends': [],
+    'description': '',
+    'external_dependencies': {},
+    'entry_point': '',
+    'version': '1.0',
+}
+
+def load_manifest(self, module):
+    # load the manifest file
+    with open(join(module, MANIFEST_FILE)) as f:
+        manifest = f.read()
+    return manifest
+
+def available_modules(self, additional_paths: List[str] = []) -> List[dict]:
+    # search through all valid 'modules' paths. Default is 'modules' in the current directory
+
+    # see odoo/modules/module.py -> get_modules
+    def is_really_module(name):
+        if os.path.isfile(join(name, MANIFEST_FILE)):
+            return True
+
+    default_path = [join(dirname(dirname((__file__))), "modules")]
+    all_modules = []
+
+    for module_folder in default_path + additional_paths:
+        # walk through each module in module_folder and check if it has a valid manifest
+        for folder in os.listdir(module_folder):
+            possible_module = join(module_folder, folder)
+            if not is_really_module(possible_module):
+                continue
+            # parse manifest and add to list of available modules
+            all_modules.append(possible_module)
+
+    return all_modules