code: def getInitialPeerList(filePath, logger=None):
      
      ret = []
      with open(filePath) as textFile:
          ret = textFile.readlines()
      if len(ret) == 0:
          if logger:
              logger.warn("Couldn't load the initial "
                          "peer list. Try adding a "
                          "file named 'initial_peers.txt' "
                          "to {}".format(os.getcwd()))
      # Remove lines that start with a hash or are empty.
      return filter(lambda x: x != "" and not x.find("#") != -1, ret)
docs: Attempts to get a list of peers from a file specified in configuration.
  
      This file has one URL per line and can contain newlines and comments.
  
          # Main ga4gh node
          http://1kgenomes.ga4gh.org
          # Local intranet peer
          https://192.168.1.1
  
      The server will attempt to add URLs in this file to its registry at
      startup and will log a warning if the file isn't found.