Configparser

Basic configparser usage

multisection.ini file

[bug_tracker]
url = http://localhost:8080/bugs/
username = dhellmann
password = SECRET

[wiki]
url = http://localhost:8080/wiki/
username = dhellmann
password = SECRET

ConfigParser_structure.py

from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser

parser = SafeConfigParser()
parser.read('multisection.ini')

for section_name in parser.sections():
    print 'Section:', section_name
    print '  Options:', parser.options(section_name)
    for name, value in parser.items(section_name):
        print '  %s = %s' % (name, value)
    print

Result:

$ python ConfigParser_structure.py

Section: bug_tracker
  Options: ['url', 'username', 'password']
  url = http://localhost:8080/bugs/
  username = dhellmann
  password = SECRET

Section: wiki
  Options: ['url', 'username', 'password']
  url = http://localhost:8080/wiki/
  username = dhellmann
  password = SECRET