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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ConfigParser getting value from INI file with section and subsection as shown below
I have a following type of INI file
[section1][subsection1]
port=989
[section1][subsection2]
somethign=somethign
I am using ConfigParser of Python to parse the INI file but I am not able to figure it out on how to get the data from the above kinda…

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Modify path of execution of a python script running as a windows service
I have a Python application that uses ConfigParser.ConfigParser() to access a configuration file. I have created a windows service of the Python application using py2exe. The problem that I have is that the service can only find the configuration…

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How to read config file from module and from main file?
I've a problem with loading and reading my config file. When I running the imptest.py file then Python read configfile.cfg and I get following output:
D:\tmp\test\dir1>python imptest.py
Section1
Section2
Section3
But when I running the mainfile.py…

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Python error : ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section:
I'm new to Python and would like to read a config file using the ConfigParser module. Here is my config file:
[Server]
server_name= localhost
And here is my code:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import ConfigParser
config =…

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Airflow issue with pathlib / configparser - 'PosixPath' object is not iterable
I am trying to containerize my airflow setup. I've been tasked to keep the environment the same, just move it into a docker container. We currently have Airflow and all our dependencies installed within a anaconda environment. So what I've done is…

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TypeError with open function with configparser
I have this problem with open() function in python. It returns me this:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Users\Gianmarco\Documents\Progetto SARHIS\main.py", line 32, in
Write_N_Load()
File…

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How to read indentated sections with python configparser
I try to read the following config file with python configparser:
# test.conf
[section]
a = 0.3
[subsection]
b = 123
# main.py
import configparser
conf = configparser.ConfigParser()
conf.read("./test.conf")
a =…

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Can I delete a specific value within a section of a config.ini file using Python configparser?
I have a config.ini file and I am trying to delete a specific value in a section of my config.ini file. I basically want to delete an index within a list. The config.ini file is:
[INPUT]
intervals = [[4000, 6000], [25000, 55000]]
For example, I…

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How can I get indentation to be included in a multiline value when read from configparser in python?
I have some config file like this:
[main]
key_one =
hello
this
is
indented
But when I read it using the configparser library in python like so:
import configparser
cfg =…

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Python configparser read config from S3 without downloading
is there a way to read a .ini configuration file from s3 without downloading it?
What I have tried:
config.ini:
[DEFAULT]
test = test1
test1 = test2
[ME]
me = you
you = he
code:
import boto3
import io
import configparser
s3_boto =…

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How to parse boolean with config parser
Using python's builtin configparser, I want to parse boolean values in my conf file.
Example:
[SECTION]
foo = False
However, when accessing the variable I notice that it is processed as a string.
>>> config['SECTION']['foo']
'False'
Furthermore,…

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Parsing .ini files in python
As per the documentation (https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html), I use the configparser for parsing the .ini files
Code :
import ConfigParser
config =…

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Python configparser: get list of unused entries
I am using Python's configparser to read an ini file.
After parsing, I would like to print a list of entries that have not been used by the parser to inform the user that they have added entries to their ini file that will be ignored.
Consider an…

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How to use python's configparser to write a file without sections
I need to modify a config file using python. The file has a format similar to
property_one = 0
property_two = 5
i.e there aren't any section names.
Python's configparser module doesn't support sectionless files, but I can use it to load them…

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gsutil ConfigParser.ParsingError: File contains parsing errors
I'm working on a fastlane lane using pink-room's fastlane firebase test lab plugin which needs a gcloud service account to connect to firebase and upload files to a bucket.
The service account is needed because the script runs in a docker container…

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