Using ConfigParser to read a file without section name

Question

I am using ConfigParser to read the runtime configuration of a script.

I would like to have the flexibility of not providing a section name (there are s

Answer 1

You can use the ConfigObj library to do that simply : http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html

Updated: Find latest code here.

If you are under Debian/Ubuntu, you can install this module using your package manager :

apt-get install python-configobj

An example of use:

from configobj import ConfigObj

config = ConfigObj('myConfigFile.ini')
config.get('key1') # You will get val1
config.get('key2') # You will get val2