Python ConfigParser cannot search .ini file correctly (Ubuntu 14, Python 3.4)

Question

Problem: The code compiles fine but when ever i call the read_db_config function i get \"Exception: mysql not found in the mysql_config.ini file\"

The file is in the

Answer 1

if you use relative paths for file or directory names python will look for them (or create them) in your current working directory (the $PWD variable in bash).

if you want to have them relative to the current python file, you can use (python 3.4)

from pathlib import Path
HERE = Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
CONFIG_PATH = HERE / '../etc/mysql_config.ini'

or (python 2.7)

import os.path
HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(HERE, '../etc/mysql_config.ini')

if your mysql_config.ini file lives in the etc directory below your python script.

you could of course always use absolute paths (starting with a /; i.e. /home/someuser/mysql_config.ini).