Merge pull request #168 from the7erm/feature/issue-161

Feature/issue 161

Author: Ryan Sipes

mycroft/configuration/mycroft.ini

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ lang = "en-us"
 location = "Lawrence, Kansas"
 time.format = "%A, %B %d, %Y at %H:%M"
 stop_threshold = 2  # in seconds
+third_party_skills_dir = "~/.mycroft/third_party_skills"
 
 [messagebus_service]
 host = ""

mycroft/skills/core.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 PRIMARY_SKILLS = ['intent', 'wake']
 BLACKLISTED_SKILLS = ["send_sms"]
 SKILLS_BASEDIR = dirname(__file__)
+THIRD_PARTY_SKILLS_DIR = "/opt/mycroft/third_party"
 
 MainModule = '__init__'
 

mycroft/skills/main.py

@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 
 
 import json
+from os.path import join, expanduser, exists
 
+from mycroft.configuration import ConfigurationManager
 from mycroft.messagebus.client.ws import WebsocketClient
-from mycroft.skills.core import load_skills
+from mycroft.skills.core import load_skills, THIRD_PARTY_SKILLS_DIR
 from mycroft.util.log import getLogger
 logger = getLogger("Skills")
 
@@ -31,6 +33,20 @@
 def load_skills_callback():
     global client
     load_skills(client)
+    config = ConfigurationManager.get()
+    config_core = config.get("core")
+
+    try:
+        ini_third_party_skills_dir = expanduser(
+            config_core.get("third_party_skills_dir"))
+    except AttributeError as e:
+        logger.warning(e.message)
+
+    if exists(THIRD_PARTY_SKILLS_DIR):
+        load_skills(client, THIRD_PARTY_SKILLS_DIR)
+
+    if ini_third_party_skills_dir and exists(ini_third_party_skills_dir):
+        load_skills(client, ini_third_party_skills_dir)
 
 
 def connect():