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Using ConfigParser to read a file without section name

I am using ConfigParser to read the runtime configuration of a script.

I would like to have the flexibility of not providing a section name (there are scripts which are simple enough; they don't need a 'section'). ConfigParser will throw a NoSectionError exception, and will not accept the file.

How can I make ConfigParser simply retrieve the (key, value) tuples of a config file without section names?

For instance:

key1=val1
key2:val2

I would rather not write to the config file.

Solution

  • Alex Martelli provided a solution for using ConfigParser to parse .properties files (which are apparently section-less config files).

    His solution is a file-like wrapper that will automagically insert a dummy section heading to satisfy ConfigParser's requirements.