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Delete Sections and Keys from INI file Using Python Module iniparse?

I'm using the Python module iniparse to save keys to an INI file, but I was wondering if there is a way to delete keys and sections from the INI file using iniparse. I know it's possible using ConfigParser and that iniparse is backwards compatible with ConfigParser, but I can't figure out how to perform the deletions using the same iniparse object.

from iniparse import INIConfig, RawConfigParser

cfg = INIConfig(open('options.ini'))
print cfg.section.option
cfg.section.option = 'new option'

# Maybe I need to use RawConfigParser somehow?
cfg.remove_option('section','option')
cfg.remove_section('section')

f = open('options.ini', 'w')
print >>f, cfg
f.close()
Solution

  • To remove a section or an option you simply need to delete it. Your revised code would be:

    from iniparse import INIConfig

cfg = INIConfig(open('options.ini'))
print cfg.section.option
cfg.section.option = 'new option'

del cfg.section.option
del cfg.section

f = open('options.ini', 'w')
print >>f, cfg
f.close()

    Note that if you want to delete a whole section you don't need to delete its options before: just delete the section.

    Note also that this way of doing it feels more Pythonic than using remove_option and remove_section methods.