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Python parsing ini file with global scope/properties

Sample ini file that I want to parse and change.

global_key = global_value
.include other_file.ini

[section]
key = value

Is there a way to parse and augment this with Python? I know usually ConfigParser is recommended for ini files, I didn't find any way to parse a file with global scope.

Solution

  • .ini file always requires section headers.

    In this case you can create a custom section header and use allow_no_value=True to parse with ConfigParser class. The allow_no_value=False says the parser to parse the settings without values.

    >>> string = """
... global_key = global_value
... .include other_file.ini
... 
... [section]
... key = value
... """
>>> 
>>> from configparser import ConfigParser
>>> 
>>> parser = ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
>>> parser.read_string("[GLOBAL]\n" + string)
>>> for key in parser["GLOBAL"]:
...     print(key)
... 
global_key
.include other_file.ini