How to create a Python configuration file.

2 years ago
Olivia Parker
1 minute

To create a Python configuration file, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open a new text editor like Notepad++ or Sublime Text.
  2. Type the desired configuration information into the editor. For example, if you want to create a configuration file named config.ini that includes the following information:
[Section1]
key1 = value1
key2 = value2

[Section2]
key3 = value3
key4 = value4
  1. .ini file
  2. configuration file

You have successfully created a Python configuration file. In your Python code, you can use the configparser module to read and parse the information in the configuration file. For example, you can use the following code to read the values in the configuration file mentioned above:

import configparser

config = configparser.ConfigParser()
config.read('config.ini')

value1 = config.get('Section1', 'key1')
value2 = config.get('Section1', 'key2')
value3 = config.get('Section2', 'key3')
value4 = config.get('Section2', 'key4')

print(value1, value2, value3, value4)

This will output the values in the configuration file.

value1 value2 value3 value4

I hope this answer is helpful to you!

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