add get properties function

sharedfunctions.py

@@ -667,3 +667,18 @@ def simplejsonresults(resultdata):
 
         del resultdata['links']
         print(json.dumps(resultdata,indent=2))
+
+
+def getapplicationproperties:
+
+    # get the path for the script file this is where the properties file will bbe
+    thepath=os.path.split(inspect.getsourcefile(lambda:0))
+    install_dir=thepath[0]
+    prop_file=os.path.join(install_dir, "application.properties")
+
+    myparams=dict(line.strip().split('=') for line in open(prop_file) if line[0].isalpha())
+    print(myparams)
+
+    return myparms
+
+