ConfigParser raise KeyError(key) Python 3.8

Question

i am trying to make a config file using ConfigParser in python 3.

I get this error when trying to run the script

C:\Users\Deagan>"C:\Users\Deagan\Desktop\Hypixel Rich Presence\Main.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Deagan\Desktop\Hypixel Rich Presence\Main.py", line 10, in <mod
ule>
    APIKEY = config['DEFAULT']['secretid']
  File "C:\Users\Deagan\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\configparser.
py", line 1254, in __getitem__
    raise KeyError(key)
KeyError: 'secretid'

Here is my config file:

[DEFAULT]
secretid = 'XXXXXXXXXX'
username = 'XXXX'
client_id = 'XXXXXXXX'

Here is the Main.py script file

config = ConfigParser()
config.read('config.ini')
APIKEY = config['DEFAULT']['secretid']
client_id = config['DEFAULT']['client_id']
username = config['DEFAULT']['username']
print(config.sections())

Am i doing something wrong?

Can't reproduce. The script works fine for me in Python 3.8.0a3+ — ForceBru, Jun 14 '20 at 17:10
@ForceBru try deleting the file, you can reproduce this, check here https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/issues/53. i think config.ini is missing in the same directory — Vignesh, Jul 24 '20 at 05:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '20 at 05:31

Currently File not found error is not handled in config parser, check here https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/issues/53

Please check the config file is present in the same directory of python code.

To check file is present / not Move this Line to top,

print(config.sections())

If sections are printed then your file is ok check for typo in the section names and keys

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '22 at 10:59

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Make sure the files are in the same folder and the name assigned to config.read('xxxxxx.ini') matches the one you created.

answered Dec 20 '22 at 10:59

matinfor

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ConfigParser raise KeyError(key) Python 3.8

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