configfile.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright (C) 2019  David Arroyo Menéndez

# Author: David Arroyo Menéndez <davidam@gnu.org>
# Maintainer: David Arroyo Menéndez <davidam@gnu.org>

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import configparser
config = configparser.ConfigParser()
config['DEFAULT'] = {'ServerAliveInterval': '45',
                      'Compression': 'yes',
                      'CompressionLevel': '9'}
config['bitbucket.org'] = {}
config['bitbucket.org']['User'] = 'hg'
config['topsecret.server.com'] = {}
topsecret = config['topsecret.server.com']
topsecret['Port'] = '50022'     # mutates the parser
topsecret['ForwardX11'] = 'no'  # same here
config['DEFAULT']['ForwardX11'] = 'yes'
with open('example.ini', 'w') as configfile:
   config.write(configfile)

import configparser

config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
config.read('example.ini')

for key in config['bitbucket.org']:
   print(key)

print(config['bitbucket.org']['ForwardX11'])