Config

A configuration file has sections and each section has attributes.

The format is as follows:

[Section1]

abc = hello

[Section2]

xyz = world

import configparser

#create a config file

config = configparser.ConfigParser()

config['Section1'] = {'Home': '/home/ubuntu/'}   

config['Section2'] = {'Database': 'dbname',

                      'uid': 'username',

                      'pwd': 'password'}                                      

with open('service.config', 'w') as configfile:

    config.write(configfile)

#read from a config file    

config_reader = configparser.ConfigParser()

config_reader.read('service.config')

print(config_reader['Section1]['Home'])