Configuration file for Python

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Is there any standard for python configuration files? What I would like to have is a seperate document to my script which would have the options of my script in it. For example...

Test Options
Random_AOI      = 1
Random_ReadMode = 1

These would then become a list within the python script, such as...

test_options(random_aoi, random_readmode)

Would I have to use regular expressions and scan the document or is there an easier way of performing this action?

Dominic Rodger · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 15:27:05Z

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Yes - there's ConfigParser, which parses .ini files.

There's a handy introduction to it here.

edited Feb 25, 2014 at 15:27

answered Feb 25, 2014 at 15:10

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Max Noel · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 15:10:56Z

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The "standard" config file formats for Python are INI (which you parse/write with the ConfigParser module -- http://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html) and JSON (http://docs.python.org/2/library/json.html).

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