How can I generate Hocon conf file dynamically using pyhocon in Python 3?

Question

I would like to use automation to create the hocon configuration with python 3 scripting. I read that lightbend (https://github.com/lightbend/config) recommends pyhocon (ht

Answer 1

Probably this example will answer your question

from pyhocon.converter import HOCONConverter
import pyhocon

string = '{"Environment": "Dev","Test": ${Environment}}'
factory = pyhocon.ConfigFactory.parse_string(string, resolve=True)
factory.put('somekey','somevalue')
print(HOCONConverter().to_hocon(factory))

returns

Environment = "Dev"
Test = "Dev"
somekey = "somevalue"