5.7.1 ConfigParser Objects
ConfigParser instances have the following methods:
- defaults ()
-
Return a dictionairy containing the instance-wide defaults.
- sections ()
-
Return a list of the sections available;
DEFAULT is not
included in the list.
- add_section (section)
-
Add a section named section to the instance. If a section by
the given name already exists, DuplicateSectionError is
raised.
- has_section (section)
-
Indicates whether the named section is present in the
configuration. The
DEFAULT section is not acknowledged.
- options (section)
-
Returns a list of options available in the specified section.
- read (filenames)
-
Read and parse a list of filenames.
- get (section, option[, raw[, vars]])
-
Get an option value for the provided section. All the
"%" interpolations are expanded in the return values, based on
the defaults passed into the constructor, as well as the options
vars provided, unless the raw argument is true.
- getint (section, option)
-
A convenience method which coerces the option in the specified
section to an integer.
- getfloat (section, option)
-
A convenience method which coerces the option in the specified
section to a floating point number.
- getboolean (section, option)
-
A convenience method which coerces the option in the specified
section to a boolean value. Note that the only accepted values
for the option are "0" and "1", any others will raise
ValueError.
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