conv_configparser_opts

opthandler.conv_configparser_opts(config, converter, sections=None, skip_missing_sec=False)[source]

Convert the option names of a ConfigParser.

Parameters:

config (configparser.ConfigParser) – The ConfigParser whose option names should be converted.
converter (callable) – A callable that defines the conversion. Must take a single string as argument.
sections (iterable or str or None, optional) – The sections of config whose option names should be converted. If None, convert the option names in all sections.
skip_missing_sec (bool, optional) – If True, don’t raise an exception if a given section is not contained in config but instead simply skip this section.

Returns:

config_converted (configparser.ConfigParser) – The input ConfigParser with converted option names.

See also

conv_configparser_vals(): Convert the values of a ConfigParser
conv_argparse_opts(): Convert the option names in an argparse.Namespace

Examples

>>> import configparser
>>> config = configparser.ConfigParser()
>>> config["Monty"] = {'spam': 'no!', 'eggs': '2'}
>>> config["Python"] = {'foo': 'fighter', 'bar': 'baz'}
>>> for sec in config.sections():
...     print(sec)
...     for opt, val in config.items(sec):
...         print(opt, val)
Monty
spam no!
eggs 2
Python
foo fighter
bar baz
>>> config = conv_configparser_opts(config, converter=str.upper)
>>> for sec in config.sections():
...     print(sec)
...     for opt, val in config.items(sec):
...         print(opt, val)
Monty
SPAM no!
EGGS 2
Python
FOO fighter
BAR baz