def init_app():
    '''
    Method for reading the settings.ini file and get the useful information out of it

    Returns
    -------
    environment : str
        String containing the environment we are using. (dev,qa,prd)
    application : str
        String containing the application we are using. (tips,achievements, etc..)
    test_mode : int
        (0,1), 1 if execution should be done in test mode, 0 if not (not implemented yet)

    '''
    try:

        module_path = path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))
        config_file_path = module_path + '/settings.ini'
        print("Script running on the production machine")
    except NameError:
        print("Script running on the sandbox machine")
        config_file_path = "settings.ini"
    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
    config.read(config_file_path)
    environment = config.get("App_info", "environment")
    application = config.get("App_info", "application")
    user = config.get("App_info", "user")
    password = config.get("App_info", "password")
    return environment,application,user,password