Example tests for services! General cleanup.

(cherry picked from commit 9f41bb4)

service/settings.py

@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ class SettingsProvider(object):
         return cls._instance
 
     def __init__(self):
-        if not os.path.exists(self.BASE_PATH):
-            os.mkdir(self.BASE_PATH)
+        if hasattr(self, 'BASE_PATH'):
+            if not os.path.exists(self.BASE_PATH):
+                os.mkdir(self.BASE_PATH)
 
     def getSettings(self, area, defaults=None):
 
         s = self.settings.get(area)
-        if s is None:
+
+        if s is None and hasattr(self, 'BASE_PATH'):
             p = os.path.join(self.BASE_PATH, area)
 
             if not os.path.exists(p):
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ class SettingsProvider(object):
                             info[item] = defaults[item]
 
             self.settings[area] = s = Settings(p, info)
+        else:
+            s = None
 
         return s