On Wednesday 8 Feb 2017 13:11 CET, Peter Heitzer wrote: > Cecil Westerhof <ce...@decebal.nl> wrote: >> In Java you (can) use a properties file store configuration. What >> is the best way to do something like that in Python? I saw >> ConfigParser, but have the feeling that it is not really used. >> Would a JSON file be a good idea? > > If you only want to read the configuration, just use an ordinary > file you import. For example config.py contains the lines: > username=myuser > server=myserver > password=secret > > In your script: > > import config > > Now you can referenc all the variables via config.<name>, e.g. > config.username
That I know, but it is a security risk. > Another method would be a dictionary for your config. You could > pickle and unpickle it. Is pickle not discouraged? Better to use a JSON file I think. -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list