profig is a straightforward configuration library for Python.

Why another configuration library? The simple answer is that none of the available options give me everything I want, with an API that I enjoy using. This library provides a lot of powerful functionality, but never at the cost of simplicity.

profig installs using easy_install or pip:

Example

Basic usage is cake. Let's assume our config file looks like this:

[server] host = 192.168.1.1 port = 9090

First, we specify the defaults and types to expect:

>>> cfg = profig.Config('server.cfg') >>> cfg.init('server.host', 'localhost') >>> cfg.init('server.port', 8080)

Then, we sync our current state with the state of the config file:

>>> cfg.sync()

As expected, we can access the updated values without undue effort, either directly:

>>> cfg['server.host'] '192.168.1.1'

Or by section. Notice that the type of the port option is preserved:

>>> server_cfg = cfg.section('server') >>> server_cfg['port'] 9090