ConfigParser is a Python module for reading and writing configuration files that have a structure similar to those of INI files in Microsoft Windows.
Questions tagged [configparser]
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How to read config from string or list?
Is it possible to read the configuration for ConfigParser from a string or list?
Without any kind of temporary file on a filesystem
OR
Is there any similar solution for this?
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ConfigParser and String interpolation with env variable
it's a little bit I'm out of python syntax and I have a problem in reading a .ini file with interpolated values.
this is my ini file:
[DEFAULT]
home=$HOME
test_home=$home
[test]
test_1=$test_home/foo.csv
test_2=$test_home/bar.csv
Those lines
from…
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ConfigParser with Unicode items
my troubles with ConfigParser continue. It seems it doesn't support Unicode very well. The config file is indeed saved as UTF-8, but when ConfigParser reads it it seems to be encoded into something else. I assumed it was latin-1 and I thougt…
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How can I set default values for SafeConfigParser?
I have a config file as follows:
[job]
mailto=bob
logFile=blahDeBlah.txt
I want to read the options using SafeConfigParser:
values = {}
config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
try:
config.read(configFile)
jobSection = 'job'
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Update INI file without removing comments
Consider the following INI file:
[TestSettings]
# First comment goes here
environment = test
[Browser]
# Second comment goes here
browser = chrome
chromedriver = default
...
I'm using Python 2.7 to update the ini file:
config =…
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Python 2.4.3: ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'formatters'
Trying to use a logging configuration file to implement TimedRotatinigFileHandler.
Just won't take the config file for some reason.
Any suggestions appreciated.
x.py:
import logging
import logging.config
import…
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Change value in ini file using ConfigParser Python
So, I have this settings.ini :
[SETTINGS]
value = 1
And this python script
from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
parser = SafeConfigParser()
parser.read('settings.ini')
print parser.get('SETTINGS', 'value')
As you can see, I want to read…
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Python ConfigParser - values between quotes
When using ConfigParser module I would like to use values containing of multiple words set in cfg file. In this case seems trivial for me to surround the string with quotes like (example.cfg):
[GENERAL]
onekey = "value in some words"
My problem is…
Davey
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ConfigParser VS SafeConfigParser in python 2.7
What are the differences between ConfigParser and SafeConfigParser? And why, exactly, is the latter is safer? What's 'unsafe' about ConfigParser? I know that SafeConfigParser inherited the ConfigParser, what did it do different?
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What's better, ConfigObj or ConfigParser?
Which is better for creating a settings file for Python programs, the built-in module (ConfigParser), or the independent project (ConfigObj)?
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Python configparser will not accept keys without values
So I'm writing a script that reads from a config file, and I want to use it exactly how configparser is designed to be used as outlined here: http://docs.python.org/release/3.2.1/library/configparser.html
I am using Python 3.2.1. The script, when…
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How to ConfigParse a file keeping multiple values for identical keys?
I need to be able to use the ConfigParser to read multiple values for the same key. Example config file:
[test]
foo = value1
foo = value2
xxx = yyy
With the 'standard' use of ConfigParser there will be one key foo with the value value2. But I need…
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Mocking Method Calls In Python
I have been searching stack exchange and around the web for how to do this, but I cannot understand how to mock behaviors for methods. I am trying to mock openpyxl behaviors and behaviors for my custom class. Here is my attempt:
import unittest
from…
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How to exclude DEFAULTs from Python ConfigParser .items()?
I'm using ConfigParser to load in data from a configuration file as follows:
test.conf:
[myfiles]
fileone: %(datadir)s/somefile.foo
filetwo: %(datadir)s/nudderfile.foo
load.py:
import ConfigParser
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser({'datadir':…
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Python ConfigParser interpolation from foreign section
With Python ConfigParser, is it possible to use interpolation across foreign sections? My mind seems to tell me I've seen that it's possible somewhere, but I can't find it when searching.
This example doesn't work, but it's to give an idea of what…
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