--- a/Core/Lua/LuaContext.h	Wed Aug 26 07:40:18 2015 +0200
+++ b/Core/Lua/LuaContext.h	Wed Aug 26 12:12:25 2015 +0200
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@
     std::string log_;
     HttpClient httpClient_;
 
-    static LuaContext& GetLuaContext(lua_State *state);
-
     static int PrintToLog(lua_State *state);
     static int ParseJson(lua_State *state);
     static int DumpJson(lua_State *state);
@@ -73,8 +71,6 @@
     void ExecuteInternal(std::string* output,
                          const std::string& command);
 
-    void PushJson(const Json::Value& value);
-
     void GetJson(Json::Value& result,
                  int top);
     
@@ -118,7 +114,11 @@
     void SetGlobalVariable(const char* name,
                            void* value);
 
+    static LuaContext& GetLuaContext(lua_State *state);
+
     static const void* GetGlobalVariable(lua_State* state,
                                          const char* name);
+
+    void PushJson(const Json::Value& value);
   };
 }

--- a/NEWS	Wed Aug 26 07:40:18 2015 +0200
+++ b/NEWS	Wed Aug 26 12:12:25 2015 +0200
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 * More information about the origin request in the "OnStoredInstance()" and
   "ReceivedInstanceFilter()" callbacks. WARNING: This can result in
   incompatibilities wrt. previous versions of Orthanc.
+* New function "GetOrthancConfiguration()" to get the Orthanc configuration
 
 Plugins
 -------

--- a/OrthancServer/LuaScripting.cpp	Wed Aug 26 07:40:18 2015 +0200
+++ b/OrthancServer/LuaScripting.cpp	Wed Aug 26 12:12:25 2015 +0200
@@ -200,6 +200,18 @@
   }
 
 
+  // Syntax in Lua: GetOrthancConfiguration()
+  int LuaScripting::GetOrthancConfiguration(lua_State *state)
+  {
+    Json::Value configuration;
+    Configuration::GetConfiguration(configuration);
+
+    LuaContext::GetLuaContext(state).PushJson(configuration);
+
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+
   IServerCommand* LuaScripting::ParseOperation(const std::string& operation,
                                                const Json::Value& parameters)
   {
@@ -357,6 +369,7 @@
     lua_.RegisterFunction("RestApiPost", RestApiPost);
     lua_.RegisterFunction("RestApiPut", RestApiPut);
     lua_.RegisterFunction("RestApiDelete", RestApiDelete);
+    lua_.RegisterFunction("GetOrthancConfiguration", GetOrthancConfiguration);
 
     lua_.Execute(Orthanc::EmbeddedResources::LUA_TOOLBOX);
     lua_.SetHttpProxy(Configuration::GetGlobalStringParameter("HttpProxy", ""));

--- a/OrthancServer/LuaScripting.h	Wed Aug 26 07:40:18 2015 +0200
+++ b/OrthancServer/LuaScripting.h	Wed Aug 26 12:12:25 2015 +0200
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     static int RestApiPost(lua_State *state);
     static int RestApiPut(lua_State *state);
     static int RestApiDelete(lua_State *state);
+    static int GetOrthancConfiguration(lua_State *state);
 
     void ApplyOnStoredInstance(const std::string& instanceId,
                                const Json::Value& simplifiedDicom,

--- a/OrthancServer/OrthancInitialization.cpp	Wed Aug 26 07:40:18 2015 +0200
+++ b/OrthancServer/OrthancInitialization.cpp	Wed Aug 26 12:12:25 2015 +0200
@@ -896,14 +896,18 @@
   }  
 
 
+
+  void Configuration::GetConfiguration(Json::Value& result)
+  {
+    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(globalMutex_);
+    result = configuration_;
+  }
+
+
   void Configuration::FormatConfiguration(std::string& result)
   {
     Json::Value config;
-
-    {
-      boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(globalMutex_);
-      config = configuration_;
-    }
+    GetConfiguration(config);
 
     Json::StyledWriter w;
     result = w.write(config);

--- a/OrthancServer/OrthancInitialization.h	Wed Aug 26 07:40:18 2015 +0200
+++ b/OrthancServer/OrthancInitialization.h	Wed Aug 26 12:12:25 2015 +0200
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
 
     static IStorageArea* CreateStorageArea();
 
+    static void GetConfiguration(Json::Value& result);
+
     static void FormatConfiguration(std::string& result);
   };
 }