easyconf 1.3.1

Usage

First create a Config object:

config = easyconf.Config('config.yaml')

Then reference a configuration variable as an attribute of this object:

some_variable = config.SOME_VARIABLE()

At runtime, EasyConf will try to each variable from the following sources in order:

1. A matching environment variable

2. A matching variable within the configuration file

3. The default attribute (if no attribute is provided, an easyconf.config.RequiredConfigVarMissing exception will be raised)

Example Django configuration

import easyconf

config = easyconf.Config('myproject.yaml')

DEBUG = config.DEBUG(default=False)
DATABASES = {'default': config.DATABASE(
    default='postgres:///myproject',
    cast=easyconf.dict_or_url,
)}
SECRET_KEY = config.SECRET_KEY(initial=easyconf.random_text_generator(60))

Configuration Variable options

default

The default value for the variable if it is not provided in the environment or in the configuration file.

initial

A value or callable used to set the initial value of a variable in the configuration file.

help

Help text to use in the configuration file for this variable.

cast

A callable to convert an incoming value (from the environment or default value) to the correct Python type.

Set the cast_from_config attribute of this callable to True if it is safe to cast from the configuration file as well.

Config Object options

default_files

A file or list of files to attempt to read configuration variables from. If multiple files are provided, only the first one found will be used.

If none of the provided files are found, the first one in a writable location will be created and populated automatically.

file_env_var

An environment variable which could be used to specify the configuration file path.

If provided and an environment variable matches, this overrides any default_files specified.

generate

Whether to generate a new config file if none of the default_files can be loaded. Defaults to True.

Helper Modules

>>> import easyconf
>>> easyconf.dict_or_url('mysql:///abc')
{'NAME': 'abc', 'USER': '', 'PASSWORD': '', 'HOST': '', 'PORT': '', 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql'}

>>> import easyconf
>>> gen = easyconf.random_text_generator(20)
>>> gen()
'sYw0D/7xjXqxfCyUdHqr'
>>> gen()
'ig1Z1n+mFLt+qYNOmD6I'

1.3.1 (2019-08-26)

• Don’t require git executable to be installed.

1.3 (2019-08-02)

• Use environment values for automatic configuration generation.

1.2.2 (2019-08-02)

• Correctly lock down ruamel.yaml this time (it’s v0.16, not v16).

1.2.1 (2019-08-01)

• Avoid new version of ruamel.yaml which changed loading format.

1.2 (2019-05-21)

• When generating a config that is within a git repository, add it to .gitignore.

• If a cast callable has a cast_from_config attribute set to True, cast values coming from the configuration file. This is set to True for the dict_or_url helper method.

1.1.1 (2019-05-16)

• Fix issue with generating multiple comments (for multiple default values) at the end of the YAML config.

• Cast default values when writing to config.

1.1 (2019-05-15)

• Allow explicit disabling of automatic config generation.

• Cast default values if a cast argument is provided.

1.0 (2019-05-15)

• Initial Release