get_config

process_ais_data.get_config(config_file)

Helper function to get dictionary of script parameters.

Mostly boilerplate code to read in config_file as a .yaml file that specifies important script parameters. Upon success, this config dictionary is returned to main to be unpacked.

Parameters

config_file (str) – The name of the .yaml file containing the script configuration parameters, located in the directory the script is run.

Returns

The script configuration parameters.

Return type

dict