userconfig

The guidata.userconfig module provides user configuration file (.ini file) management features based on ConfigParser (standard Python library).

It is the exact copy of the open-source package userconfig (MIT license).

19/12/2021: Removed Python 2 compatibility

guidata.userconfig.get_home_dir()

Return user home directory

class guidata.userconfig.UserConfig(defaults)

UserConfig class, based on ConfigParser name: name of the config options: dictionnary containing options or list of tuples (section_name, options)

Note that ‘get’ and ‘set’ arguments number and type differ from the overriden methods

check_default_values()

Check the static options for forbidden data types

get_version(version='0.0.0')

Return configuration (not application!) version

set_version(version='0.0.0', save=True)

Set configuration (not application!) version

filename()

Create a .ini filename located in user home directory

cleanup()

Remove .ini file associated to config

set_as_defaults()

Set defaults from the current config

reset_to_defaults(save=True, verbose=False)

Reset config to Default values

get_default(section, option)

Get Default value for a given (section, option)

Useful for type checking in ‘get’ method

get(section, option, default=<class 'guidata.userconfig.NoDefault'>, raw=None, **kwargs)

Get an option section=None: attribute a default section name default: default value (if not specified, an exception will be raised if option doesn’t exist)

set_default(section, option, default_value)

Set Default value for a given (section, option) -> called when a new (section, option) is set and no default exists

set(section, option, value, verbose=False, save=True)

Set an option section=None: attribute a default section name

remove_section(section)

Remove a file section.

remove_option(section, option)

Remove an option.