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:mod:`ConfigParser` --- Configuration file parser
=================================================

.. module:: ConfigParser
   :synopsis: Configuration file parser.

.. moduleauthor:: Ken Manheimer <klm@zope.com>
.. moduleauthor:: Barry Warsaw <bwarsaw@python.org>
.. moduleauthor:: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
.. sectionauthor:: Christopher G. Petrilli <petrilli@amber.org>

.. note::

The :mod:`ConfigParser` module has been renamed to :mod:`configparser` in
   Python 3.  The :term:`2to3` tool will automatically adapt imports when
   converting your sources to Python 3.

.. index::
   pair: .ini; file
   pair: configuration; file
   single: ini file
   single: Windows ini file

This module defines the class :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser`.   The :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser`
class implements a basic configuration file parser language which provides a
structure similar to what you would find on Microsoft Windows INI files.  You
can use this to write Python programs which can be customized by end users
easily.

.. note::

This library does *not* interpret or write the value-type prefixes used in
   the Windows Registry extended version of INI syntax.

.. seealso::

Module :mod:`shlex`
      Support for creating Unix shell-like mini-languages which can be used as
      an alternate format for application configuration files.

Module :mod:`json`
      The json module implements a subset of JavaScript syntax which can also
      be used for this purpose.

The configuration file consists of sections, led by a ``[section]`` header and
followed by ``name: value`` entries, with continuations in the style of
:rfc:`822` (see section 3.1.1, "LONG HEADER FIELDS"); ``name=value`` is also
accepted.  Note that leading whitespace is removed from values. The optional
values can contain format strings which refer to other values in the same
section, or values in a special ``DEFAULT`` section.  Additional defaults can be
provided on initialization and retrieval.  Lines beginning with ``'#'`` or
``';'`` are ignored and may be used to provide comments.

Configuration files may include comments, prefixed by specific characters (``#``
and ``;``).  Comments may appear on their own in an otherwise empty line, or may
be entered in lines holding values or section names.  In the latter case, they
need to be preceded by a whitespace character to be recognized as a comment.
(For backwards compatibility, only ``;`` starts an inline comment, while ``#``
does not.)

On top of the core functionality, :class:`SafeConfigParser` supports
interpolation.  This means values can contain format strings which refer to
other values in the same section, or values in a special ``DEFAULT`` section.
Additional defaults can be provided on initialization.

For example::

[My Section]
   foodir: %(dir)s/whatever
   dir=frob
   long: this value continues
      in the next line

would resolve the ``%(dir)s`` to the value of ``dir`` (``frob`` in this case).
All reference expansions are done on demand.

Default values can be specified by passing them into the :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser`
constructor as a dictionary.  Additional defaults  may be passed into the
:meth:`get` method which will override all others.

Sections are normally stored in a built-in dictionary. An alternative dictionary
type can be passed to the :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser` constructor. For example, if a
dictionary type is passed that sorts its keys, the sections will be sorted on
write-back, as will be the keys within each section.

.. class:: RawConfigParser([defaults[, dict_type[, allow_no_value]]])

The basic configuration object.  When *defaults* is given, it is initialized
   into the dictionary of intrinsic defaults.  When *dict_type* is given, it will
   be used to create the dictionary objects for the list of sections, for the
   options within a section, and for the default values.  When *allow_no_value*
   is true (default: ``False``), options without values are accepted; the value
   presented for these is ``None``.

This class does not
   support the magical interpolation behavior.

All option names are passed through the :meth:`optionxform` method.  Its
   default implementation converts option names to lower case.

.. versionadded:: 2.3

.. versionchanged:: 2.6
      *dict_type* was added.

.. versionchanged:: 2.7
      The default *dict_type* is :class:`collections.OrderedDict`.
      *allow_no_value* was added.

.. class:: ConfigParser([defaults[, dict_type[, allow_no_value]]])

Derived class of :class:`RawConfigParser` that implements the magical
   interpolation feature and adds optional arguments to the :meth:`get` and
   :meth:`items` methods.  The values in *defaults* must be appropriate for the
   ``%()s`` string interpolation.  Note that *__name__* is an intrinsic default;
   its value is the section name, and will override any value provided in
   *defaults*.

All option names used in interpolation will be passed through the
   :meth:`optionxform` method just like any other option name reference.  Using
   the default implementation of :meth:`optionxform`, the values ``foo %(bar)s``
   and ``foo %(BAR)s`` are equivalent.

.. versionadded:: 2.3

.. versionchanged:: 2.6
      *dict_type* was added.

.. versionchanged:: 2.7
      The default *dict_type* is :class:`collections.OrderedDict`.
      *allow_no_value* was added.

.. class:: SafeConfigParser([defaults[, dict_type[, allow_no_value]]])

Derived class of :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser` that implements a more-sane variant of
   the magical interpolation feature.  This implementation is more predictable as
   well. New applications should prefer this version if they don't need to be
   compatible with older versions of Python.

.. XXX Need to explain what's safer/more predictable about it.

.. versionadded:: 2.3

.. versionchanged:: 2.6
      *dict_type* was added.

.. versionchanged:: 2.7
      The default *dict_type* is :class:`collections.OrderedDict`.
      *allow_no_value* was added.

.. exception:: Error

Base class for all other configparser exceptions.

.. exception:: NoSectionError

Exception raised when a specified section is not found.

.. exception:: DuplicateSectionError

Exception raised if :meth:`add_section` is called with the name of a section
   that is already present.

.. exception:: NoOptionError

Exception raised when a specified option is not found in the specified  section.

.. exception:: InterpolationError

Base class for exceptions raised when problems occur performing string
   interpolation.

.. exception:: InterpolationDepthError

Exception raised when string interpolation cannot be completed because the
   number of iterations exceeds :const:`MAX_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH`. Subclass of
   :exc:`InterpolationError`.

.. exception:: InterpolationMissingOptionError

Exception raised when an option referenced from a value does not exist. Subclass
   of :exc:`InterpolationError`.

.. versionadded:: 2.3

.. exception:: InterpolationSyntaxError

Exception raised when the source text into which substitutions are made does not
   conform to the required syntax. Subclass of :exc:`InterpolationError`.

.. versionadded:: 2.3

.. exception:: MissingSectionHeaderError

Exception raised when attempting to parse a file which has no section headers.

.. exception:: ParsingError

Exception raised when errors occur attempting to parse a file.

.. data:: MAX_INTERPOLATION_DEPTH

The maximum depth for recursive interpolation for :meth:`get` when the *raw*
   parameter is false.  This is relevant only for the :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser` class.

.. seealso::

Module :mod:`shlex`
      Support for a creating Unix shell-like mini-languages which can be used as an
      alternate format for application configuration files.

.. _rawconfigparser-objects:

RawConfigParser Objects
-----------------------

:class:`RawConfigParser` instances have the following methods:

.. method:: RawConfigParser.defaults()

Return a dictionary containing the instance-wide defaults.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.sections()

Return a list of the sections available; ``DEFAULT`` is not included in the
   list.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.add_section(section)

Add a section named *section* to the instance.  If a section by the given name
   already exists, :exc:`DuplicateSectionError` is raised. If the name
   ``DEFAULT`` (or any of it's case-insensitive variants) is passed,
   :exc:`ValueError` is raised.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.has_section(section)

Indicates whether the named section is present in the configuration. The
   ``DEFAULT`` section is not acknowledged.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.options(section)

Returns a list of options available in the specified *section*.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.has_option(section, option)

If the given section exists, and contains the given option, return
   :const:`True`; otherwise return :const:`False`.

.. versionadded:: 1.6

.. method:: RawConfigParser.read(filenames)

Attempt to read and parse a list of filenames, returning a list of filenames
   which were successfully parsed.  If *filenames* is a string or Unicode string,
   it is treated as a single filename. If a file named in *filenames* cannot be
   opened, that file will be ignored.  This is designed so that you can specify a
   list of potential configuration file locations (for example, the current
   directory, the user's home directory, and some system-wide directory), and all
   existing configuration files in the list will be read.  If none of the named
   files exist, the :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser` instance will contain an empty dataset.
   An application which requires initial values to be loaded from a file should
   load the required file or files using :meth:`readfp` before calling :meth:`read`
   for any optional files::

import ConfigParser, os

config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
      config.readfp(open('defaults.cfg'))
      config.read(['site.cfg', os.path.expanduser('~/.myapp.cfg')])

.. versionchanged:: 2.4
      Returns list of successfully parsed filenames.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.readfp(fp[, filename])

Read and parse configuration data from the file or file-like object in *fp*
   (only the :meth:`readline` method is used).  If *filename* is omitted and *fp*
   has a :attr:`name` attribute, that is used for *filename*; the default is
   ``<???>``.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.get(section, option)

Get an *option* value for the named *section*.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.getint(section, option)

A convenience method which coerces the *option* in the specified *section* to an
   integer.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.getfloat(section, option)

A convenience method which coerces the *option* in the specified *section* to a
   floating point number.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.getboolean(section, option)

A convenience method which coerces the *option* in the specified *section* to a
   Boolean value.  Note that the accepted values for the option are ``"1"``,
   ``"yes"``, ``"true"``, and ``"on"``, which cause this method to return ``True``,
   and ``"0"``, ``"no"``, ``"false"``, and ``"off"``, which cause it to return
   ``False``.  These string values are checked in a case-insensitive manner.  Any
   other value will cause it to raise :exc:`ValueError`.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.items(section)

Return a list of ``(name, value)`` pairs for each option in the given *section*.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.set(section, option, value)

If the given section exists, set the given option to the specified value;
   otherwise raise :exc:`NoSectionError`.  While it is possible to use
   :class:`RawConfigParser` (or :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser` with *raw* parameters set to
   true) for *internal* storage of non-string values, full functionality (including
   interpolation and output to files) can only be achieved using string values.

.. versionadded:: 1.6

.. method:: RawConfigParser.write(fileobject)

Write a representation of the configuration to the specified file object.  This
   representation can be parsed by a future :meth:`read` call.

.. versionadded:: 1.6

.. method:: RawConfigParser.remove_option(section, option)

Remove the specified *option* from the specified *section*. If the section does
   not exist, raise :exc:`NoSectionError`.  If the option existed to be removed,
   return :const:`True`; otherwise return :const:`False`.

.. versionadded:: 1.6

.. method:: RawConfigParser.remove_section(section)

Remove the specified *section* from the configuration. If the section in fact
   existed, return ``True``. Otherwise return ``False``.

.. method:: RawConfigParser.optionxform(option)

Transforms the option name *option* as found in an input file or as passed in
   by client code to the form that should be used in the internal structures.
   The default implementation returns a lower-case version of *option*;
   subclasses may override this or client code can set an attribute of this name
   on instances to affect this behavior.

You don't necessarily need to subclass a ConfigParser to use this method, you
   can also re-set it on an instance, to a function that takes a string
   argument.  Setting it to ``str``, for example, would make option names case
   sensitive::

cfgparser = ConfigParser()
      ...
      cfgparser.optionxform = str

Note that when reading configuration files, whitespace around the
   option names are stripped before :meth:`optionxform` is called.

.. _configparser-objects:

ConfigParser Objects
--------------------

The :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser` class extends some methods of the
:class:`RawConfigParser` interface, adding some optional arguments.

.. method:: ConfigParser.get(section, option[, raw[, vars]])

Get an *option* value for the named *section*.  If *vars* is provided, it
   must be a dictionary.  The *option* is looked up in *vars* (if provided),
   *section*, and in *defaults* in that order.

All the ``'%'`` interpolations are expanded in the return values, unless the
   *raw* argument is true.  Values for interpolation keys are looked up in the
   same manner as the option.

.. method:: ConfigParser.items(section[, raw[, vars]])

Return a list of ``(name, value)`` pairs for each option in the given *section*.
   Optional arguments have the same meaning as for the :meth:`get` method.

.. versionadded:: 2.3

.. _safeconfigparser-objects:

SafeConfigParser Objects
------------------------

The :class:`SafeConfigParser` class implements the same extended interface as
:class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser`, with the following addition:

.. method:: SafeConfigParser.set(section, option, value)

If the given section exists, set the given option to the specified value;
   otherwise raise :exc:`NoSectionError`.  *value* must be a string (:class:`str`
   or :class:`unicode`); if not, :exc:`TypeError` is raised.

.. versionadded:: 2.4

Examples
--------

An example of writing to a configuration file::

import ConfigParser

config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()

# When adding sections or items, add them in the reverse order of
   # how you want them to be displayed in the actual file.
   # In addition, please note that using RawConfigParser's and the raw
   # mode of ConfigParser's respective set functions, you can assign
   # non-string values to keys internally, but will receive an error
   # when attempting to write to a file or when you get it in non-raw
   # mode. SafeConfigParser does not allow such assignments to take place.
   config.add_section('Section1')
   config.set('Section1', 'an_int', '15')
   config.set('Section1', 'a_bool', 'true')
   config.set('Section1', 'a_float', '3.1415')
   config.set('Section1', 'baz', 'fun')
   config.set('Section1', 'bar', 'Python')
   config.set('Section1', 'foo', '%(bar)s is %(baz)s!')

# Writing our configuration file to 'example.cfg'
   with open('example.cfg', 'wb') as configfile:
       config.write(configfile)

An example of reading the configuration file again::

import ConfigParser

config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
   config.read('example.cfg')

# getfloat() raises an exception if the value is not a float
   # getint() and getboolean() also do this for their respective types
   a_float = config.getfloat('Section1', 'a_float')
   an_int = config.getint('Section1', 'an_int')
   print a_float + an_int

# Notice that the next output does not interpolate '%(bar)s' or '%(baz)s'.
   # This is because we are using a RawConfigParser().
   if config.getboolean('Section1', 'a_bool'):
       print config.get('Section1', 'foo')

To get interpolation, you will need to use a :class:`~ConfigParser.ConfigParser` or
:class:`SafeConfigParser`::

import ConfigParser

config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
   config.read('example.cfg')

# Set the third, optional argument of get to 1 if you wish to use raw mode.
   print config.get('Section1', 'foo', 0)  # -> "Python is fun!"
   print config.get('Section1', 'foo', 1)  # -> "%(bar)s is %(baz)s!"

# The optional fourth argument is a dict with members that will take
   # precedence in interpolation.
   print config.get('Section1', 'foo', 0, {'bar': 'Documentation',
                                           'baz': 'evil'})

Defaults are available in all three types of ConfigParsers. They are used in
interpolation if an option used is not defined elsewhere. ::

import ConfigParser

# New instance with 'bar' and 'baz' defaulting to 'Life' and 'hard' each
   config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser({'bar': 'Life', 'baz': 'hard'})
   config.read('example.cfg')

print config.get('Section1', 'foo')  # -> "Python is fun!"
   config.remove_option('Section1', 'bar')
   config.remove_option('Section1', 'baz')
   print config.get('Section1', 'foo')  # -> "Life is hard!"

The function ``opt_move`` below can be used to move options between sections::

def opt_move(config, section1, section2, option):
       try:
           config.set(section2, option, config.get(section1, option, 1))
       except ConfigParser.NoSectionError:
           # Create non-existent section
           config.add_section(section2)
           opt_move(config, section1, section2, option)
       else:
           config.remove_option(section1, option)

Some configuration files are known to include settings without values, but which
otherwise conform to the syntax supported by :mod:`ConfigParser`.  The
*allow_no_value* parameter to the constructor can be used to indicate that such
values should be accepted:

.. doctest::

>>> import ConfigParser
   >>> import io

>>> sample_config = """
   ... [mysqld]
   ... user = mysql
   ... pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
   ... skip-external-locking
   ... old_passwords = 1
   ... skip-bdb
   ... skip-innodb
   ... """
   >>> config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
   >>> config.readfp(io.BytesIO(sample_config))

>>> # Settings with values are treated as before:
   >>> config.get("mysqld", "user")
   'mysql'

>>> # Settings without values provide None:
   >>> config.get("mysqld", "skip-bdb")

>>> # Settings which aren't specified still raise an error:
   >>> config.get("mysqld", "does-not-exist")
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     ...
   ConfigParser.NoOptionError: No option 'does-not-exist' in section: 'mysqld'

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