config color values not being strings

Author: kloostert

README.md

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The following things can be configured:
     N=5
     SUBMIT_RESULTS_URL=http://0.0.0.0:5000/dashboard/submit-test-results
     OUTLIER_DETECTION_CONSTANT=2.5
-    COLORS={'main': '[0,97,255]', 'static': '[255,153,0]'}
+    COLORS={'main':[0,97,255], 'static':[255,153,0]}
 
 For more information: [see this file](dashboard/config.py)
 

dashboard/colors.py

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 from colorhash import ColorHash
 from dashboard import config
 
-import ast
-
 
 def get_color(hash):
     """
-    Returns an rgb-color (as string, which can be using in plotly) from a given hash
+    Returns an rgb-color (as string, which can be using in plotly) from a given hash,
+    if no color for that string was specified in the config file.
     :param hash: the string that is translated into a color
     :return: a color (as string)
     """
     if hash in config.colors:
-        rgb = ast.literal_eval(config.colors[hash])
+        rgb = config.colors[hash]
     else:
         rgb = ColorHash(hash).rgb
     return 'rgb({0}, {1}, {2})'.format(rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2])