I am creating a quote of the day server. I am reading options from an INI file, whose text is below:
[Server]
host =
port = 17
[Quotes]
file=quotes.txt
However, when I use ConfigParser, it gives me this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "server.py", line 59, in <module>
Start()
File "server.py", line 55, in Start
configOptions = parseConfig(filename)
File "server.py", line 33, in parseConfig
server = config['Server']
AttributeError: ConfigParser instance has no attribute '__getitem__'
Here is my code:
#!/usr/bin/python
from socket import *
from ConfigParser import *
import sys
class serverConf:
port = 17
host = ""
quotefile = ""
def initConfig(filename):
config = ConfigParser()
config['Server'] = {'port': '17', 'host': ''}
config['Quotes'] = {'file': 'quotes.txt'}
with open(filename, 'w') as configfile:
config.write(configfile)
def parseConfig(filename):
configOptions = serverConf()
config = ConfigParser()
config.read(filename)
server = config['Server']
configOptions.port = int(server['port'])
configOptions.host = conifg['Server']['host']
configOptions.quoteFile = config['Quotes']['file']
print "[Info] Read configuration options"
return configOptions
def doInitMessage():
print "Quote Of The Day Server"
print "-----------------------"
print "Version 1.0 By Ian Duncan"
print ""
def Start():
filename = "qotdconf.ini"
configOptions = parseConfig(filename)
print "[Info] Will start server at: " + configOptions.host + ":" + configOptions.port
Start()
Why am I getting this error, and what can I do to fix it?
After a quick read it seems like you're trying to read the data as if it's a dictionary, when you should use: config.get(section, data)
EG:
...
config = ConfigParser()
config.read(filename)
...
configOptions.port = config.getint('Server', 'port')
configOptions.host = config.get('Server', 'host')
configOptions.quoteFile = config.get('Quotes', 'file')
To write to the config-file you could do something like:
...
def setValue(parser, sect, index, value):
cfgfile = open(filename, 'w')
parser.set(sect, index, value)
parser.write(cfgfile)
cfgfile.close()