ChaCha-INI

Yet another python INI parser / generator !

This one aim to be simple and initilaly target Unreal Tournament Series config files, but should work well for other usages.

key features:

• handling multiple Sections instance with same name
• handling multiple Keys instance with same name in the same section, using filters
• generate output INI with or without spaces around ‘=’
• strict mode: detect missformed INI files
• blank lines and comments are kept

Limitations:

• Comments and blank lines can only be add in order
• Multiple sections with same name are supported for existing files but can not be added by API

Installation

From main repository:

python3 -m pip install git+https://chacha.ddns.net/gitea/chacha/ChaChaSimpleINI

From PIP:

TODO :-/

Usage

Input INI:

[section1]
key1=12

code:

from ChaChaSimpleINI import * 
MyINI = ChaChaSimpleINI("~/myINI.ini")
key1 = MyINI.getKeyValue("section1","key1")
print(key1)     # will output 12
MyINI.setAddKeyValue("section1","key2",42)
MyINI.write(False)

Output INI:

[section1]
key1=12
key2=42

To see more examples, refer to the included unittest code.

Copyright

ChaChaSimpleINI is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Unported License. You should have received a copy of the license along with this work. If not, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.