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ConfigParser is a Python module for reading and writing configuration files that have a structure similar to those of INI files in Microsoft Windows.

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Converting ConfigParser values to python data types

ConfigParser requires all sections, keys and values to be strings; no surprise. It has methods to convert the values to datatypes with getfloat, getint, getboolean. If you don't know the datatype, you can wrap the get() with an eval() to get have…
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Parsing configure file with same section name in python

I try to parse file like: [account] User = first [account] User = second I use ConfigParser in Python, but when i read file: Config = configparser.ConfigParser() Config.read(file) print (Config.sections()) I have error: While reading from ... :…
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reading special characters text from .ini file in python

I am running a script which takes a text "rAh%19u^l\&G" i.e which contains special characters as seen. When i pass this text in my script as a argument it runs fine without any error. example - : ./abc.py The above text is basically…
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How to handle empty values in config files with ConfigParser?

How can I parse tags with no value in an ini file with python configparser module? For example, I have the following ini and I need to parse rb. In some ini files rb has integer values and on some no value at all like the example below. How can I do…
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Closing file opened by ConfigParser

I have the following: config = ConfigParser() config.read('connections.cfg') sections = config.sections() How can I close the file opened with config.read? In my case, as new sections/data are added to the config.cfg file, I update my wxtree…
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Getting a list from a config file with ConfigParser

I have something like this in my config file (a config option that contains a list of strings): [filters] filtersToCheck = ['foo', '192.168.1.2', 'barbaz'] Is there a more elegant (built-in) way to get a list from filtersToCheck instead of removing…
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How to use variables already defined in ConfigParser

I'm using ConfigParser in Python config.ini is [general] name: my_name base_dir: /home/myhome/exp exe_dir: ${base_dir}/bin Here I want exp_dir becomes /home/myhome/exp/bin not ${base_dir}/bin. It means ${base_dir} would be substituted to…
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Modify INI file with Python

I have an INI file I need to modify using Python. I was looking into the ConfigParser module but am still having trouble. My code goes like this: config=…
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Having trouble reading AWS config file with python configparser

I ran aws configure to set my access key ID and secret access key. Those are now stored in ~/.aws/credentials which looks like: [default] aws_access_key_id = ###### aws_secret_access_key = ####### I'm trying to access those keys for a script I'm…
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Section postgresql not found in the database.ini file

I'm trying to create tables in my database (postgresql 9.6) and when I launch my python script to do so, it returns me an error of the following type: "Section postgresql not found in the $FILEDIR/database.ini file" It seems like the parser cannot…
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Python configparser getting and setting without exceptions

Everytime you try to get or set to a section using configparser in Python it throws a NoSectionError if the section does not exist. Is there anyway to avoid this? Also, can I also avoid the NoOptionError when getting an option? For example, using a…
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Python: ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'TestInformation'

I am getting ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'TestInformation' error using the above code. def LoadTestInformation(self): config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser() print(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),'App.cfg')) with…
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Configparser Integers

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Previously, the code was this: volume = min(60, max(30, volume)) However, after trying with configparser, I keep getting a 500 error on my Twilio Server. volume_min = configParser.get('config_searchandplay',…
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How to read properties file in python

I have a property file called Configuration.properties containing: path=/usr/bin db=mysql data_path=/temp I need to read this file and use the variable such as path, db, and data_path in my subsequent scripts. Can I do this using configParser or…
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How do I set a value to None with ConfigParser?

I'm using ConfigParser in Python 2.7 to read from a config file and I'm wondering how to read a value such that it's set to the constant None in Python. Currently, my code is as follows: config.set("Test Series Parameters", "Test Series Parameter",…
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