#!/usr/bin/python import os import sys import ConfigParser class configFile: """ Simple Configurator File Parser. Developed for use with my WordPress (wp.py) blog manager application The config file must be in $HOME/.wp.conf and must have this formar: [BlogName] User=foo Pass=bar Server=http://whatever.com [BlogName2] ... And so on Available Methods: getUSer -> returns the User field of a section getPass -> returns the Pass field of a section getServer -> returns the Server field of a section """ _confFile = "" _section = "" def __init__(self, section): """ Class constructor. Params : section : a string with the section name (blog name) of the conf file """ path = os.path.expanduser("~") self._confFile = ConfigParser.ConfigParser(); try: self._confFile.read(path + "/.wp.py.conf") except err: print "Error: " + err.__str__() self._section = section def getUser(self): """ returns the User field of a section """ user = "" try: user = self._confFile.get(self._section, "User") except ConfigParser.NoSectionError: print "Section " + self._section + " doesn't exists in conf file" except err: print "Error: " + err.__str__() return user def getPass(self): """ returns the Pass field of a section """ passwd = "" try: passwd = self._confFile.get(self._section, "Pass") except ConfigParser.NoSectionError: print "Section " + self._section + " doesn't exists in conf file" except err: print "Error: " + err.__str__() return passwd def getServer(self): """ returns the Server field of a section """ server = "" try: server = self._confFile.get(self._section, "Server") except ConfigParser.NoSectionError: print "Section " + self._section + " doesn't exists in conf file" except err: print "Error: " + err.__str__() return server def main(): conf = configFile(sys.argv[1]) print conf.getUser() print conf.getPass() print conf.getServer() if __name__ == "__main__": main()