Python ConfigParser

[derf912]

I am working with ConfigParser in python and the ini file that I am reading in has a section titled [ClientList] and under that section I have multiple options. All the options have the same name "customer ="
Eample:

[ClientList]
customer = widget1
customer = widget2
customer = widget3
customer = widget4

I am trying to get a list of all the options but have only been able to get the last one to print. Here is the script that I am working with right now and the only thing it provides me is the last option in my list. Is this even possible with ConfigParser and if so can someone help me?

Thanks

# Import Statment 
import ConfigParser 
import os 
 
# Script Variables 
inifile = 'client.ini.txt' 
client = {}
 
 
# Reading in config file 
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser() 
config.read(inifile) 
 
 
def main():
    x = 0
    for section in config.sections(): 
        if section == "ClientList": 
            for option in config.options(section):
                client[x] = config.get(section, option)
                #print " ", option, "=", config.get(section, option)
                print client
                x = x+1
 
if __name__=="__main__": 
 
    main()
 

[bvdet]

I am working with ConfigParser in python and the ini file that I am reading in has a section titled [ClientList] and under that section I have multiple options. All the options have the same name "customer ="
Eample:

[ClientList]
customer = widget1
customer = widget2
customer = widget3
customer = widget4

I am trying to get a list of all the options but have only been able to get the last one to print. Here is the script that I am working with right now and the only thing it provides me is the last option in my list. Is this even possible with ConfigParser and if so can someone help me?

Thanks

# Import Statment 
import ConfigParser 
import os 
 
# Script Variables 
inifile = 'client.ini.txt' 
client = {}
 
 
# Reading in config file 
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser() 
config.read(inifile) 
 
 
def main():
    x = 0
    for section in config.sections(): 
        if section == "ClientList": 
            for option in config.options(section):
                client[x] = config.get(section, option)
                #print " ", option, "=", config.get(section, option)
                print client
                x = x+1
 
if __name__=="__main__": 
 
    main()
 

'INI' files generally have only unique variable names. Therefore it's no surprise that only the last customer is returned. Do something like this to get your data:

f = open(fn)
for line in f:
    outList = []
    while '[ClientList]' not in line:
        line = f.next()
    line = f.next()
    while not line.startswith('['):
        outList.append(line.strip())
        line = f.next()
    break
f.close()
print outList

>>> ['customer = widget1', 'customer = widget2', 'customer = widget3', 'customer = widget4', '']

[derf912]

That works!
So ConfigParser will only read options with unique name then?

Thanks

[bvdet]

That works!
So ConfigParser will only read options with unique name then?

Thanks

You are welcome. This works:

p = ConfigParser()
p.readfp(file_object)
print p.items('ClientList')

>>> [('customer1', 'widget1'), ('customer3', 'widget3'), ('customer2', 'widget2'), ('customer4', 'widget4')]

Unique names are required. The instance data is maintained as a nested dictionary.

>>> p.__dict__['_sections']['ClientList']
{'customer1': 'widget1', '__name__': 'ClientList', 'customer3': 'widget3', 'customer2': 'widget2', 'customer4': 'widget4'}
>>>