chore: try to make a working base

src/modules/utilities/utilities.py

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+#!/bin/env python3
+
+import logging as log
+
+import os
+
+class utilities():
+    @staticmethod
+    def filter_config(config_contents: dict, filter_keyword: str) -> tuple[bool, dict]:
+        '''
+        Helper function to grab a specific part of the config
+        '''
+
+        log.debug(f'searching for section: {filter_keyword}')
+        for section in config_contents:
+            if str(section).lower() == filter_keyword.lower():
+                return True, dict(config_contents[section].items())
+
+        return False, {}
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def ensure_directory(path: str) -> bool:
+        '''
+        Make the directory if it does not exist yet, return only true if the directory was missing and created.
+        '''
+
+        log.debug(f'checking if the directory at: {path} exists')
+        if os.path.exists(path) and os.path.isdir(path):
+            return True
+        
+        try:
+            os.mkdir(path)
+            return True
+
+        except Exception as err:
+            log.critical('failed to create directory')
+            return False
+        
+