Package: configr
Works with Python 2.7 and Python 3.3+SynopsisThis little utility library helps managing global or per-user configuration for your Python apps and therefore simplifies the common problem of configuration/settings/preset handling.An installation through thepipcommand will also install theappdirspackage as a dependency, but the code can be used without it as well.Code ExampleSimple use:>>> import configr
>>> cfg = configr.Configr("myapp")
>>> cfg.a = "Value of A"
>>> print cfg["a"]
Value of AInstallationUsing pip:pip install configrUsing setup.py (usually elevated rights are needed, e.g. viasudo(Linux) orrunas(Windows)):python setup.py installorpython setup.py install -e .for a development installation (pointing to the folder you checked the source code out in).API referenceTheconfigr.Configrobject provides the following functions:__init__(_, name:Optional[str] = None, data:Dict[str,Any] = {}, defaults:Dict[str,Any] = {})  # "data" initializes the configuration, while "defaults" contains fallback values

loadSettings(_, data:Dict[str,Any] = {}, location:Optional[str] = None, ignores:List[str] = [], clientCodeLocation:Optional[str] = None)  # load configuration. "data" is used for keys not in the file. "ignores" are keys to not load. "location" is a file system path, clientCodeLocation should be a call to os.path.abspath(__file__)

saveSettings(_, keys:Optional[Dict[str,Any]] = None, location:Optional[str] = None, ignores:List[str] = [], clientCodeLocation:Optional[str] = None)  # save configuration. "keys" limits the entries written. "location" is a file system path, clientCodeLocation should be a call to os.path.abspath(__file__)

keys(_)  # returns list of keys (Python 2) or an dict_keys object (Python 3)
values(_)  # returns list of values (Python 2) or a dict_values object (Python 3)
items(_)  # returns a list of (key, value) tuples (Python 2) or a dict_items object (Python 3)Configr objects support dictionary and attribute style access to get or set entries, as well as the usual means to remove entries viadelandremove().
BothloadSettingsandsaveSettingssupport an additionalclientCodeLocationparameter to allow passing a unique file system path from the caller. This allows to separate settings for multiple installation locations of the same app on a single file system, cf. API comment above.Both functions also return a named 2-tupleReturnValuecontaining last loaded/saved file location in the first (.path), or an exception in the second (.error) position.You may also nest Configr objects to have different levels of defaults (e.g. per-system, per-user, per-software, per-instance, …), by passing Configr objects instead of thedefaultsdictionary.Building, packaging and distributionRun test suite underconfigrviapython configr/test.pywith Python 2 and Python 3. If there are no problems, continue:Runpython setup.py clean build sdistto compile, raise the version number, and create the package archive.Rungit commitandgit pushand let Travis CI run all tests. If the changes have no problems, continue:Runtwine uploaddist/*.tar.gzto upload the module to PyPI.TodoThis library is supposed to be lightweight and gets the job done so far.
If you have ideas or discover bugs, please put them into the project’s issue tracker on Github.TestsThe tool provides unit tests through thedoctestmodule and integration tests through theunittestmodule.Who uses it?The library is currently used by theSOS project, developed by the author.
If you useconfigrfor your Python apps, please let me know.ContributorsThis library is currently developed and maintained by Arne Bachmann.LicenseLicensed under the terms of MIT license.MIT LicenseCopyright (c) 2016-2018 Arne BachmannPermission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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