Programmatic configuration of settings as part of the public API

[isc-pbarton]

Resolves #262

[codecov-commenter]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 49.72%. Comparing base (1b6ae7d) to head (09422f5).

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