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nyx/lib/helpers/modules.nix

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+{lib}: let
+  inherit (lib) mkEnableOption mkOption;
+  inherit (lib.types) str int;
+
+  # mkModule takes a few arguments to generate a module for a service without
+  # repeating the same options over and over
+  # this is actually a horrendous abstractation
+  mkModule = {
+    name,
+    type ? "", # type being an empty string means it can be skipped, ommitted
+    host ? "127.0.0.1", # default to listening only on localhost
+    port ? 0, # don't set a port by default
+    extraOptions ? {}, # used to define additional modules
+  }: {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "${name} ${type} service";
+    settings =
+      {
+        host = mkOption {
+          type = str;
+          default = host;
+          description = "The host ${name} will listen on";
+        };
+
+        port = mkOption {
+          type = int;
+          default = port;
+          description = "The port ${name} will listen on";
+        };
+      }
+      // extraOptions;
+  };
+in {
+  inherit mkModule;
+}