#!/usr/bin/python from configparser import ConfigParser def config(filename='database.ini', section='postgresql'): # create a parser parser = ConfigParser() # read config file parser.read(filename) # get section, default to postgresql db = {} if parser.has_section(section): params = parser.items(section) for param in params: db[param[0]] = param[1] else: raise Exception('Section {0} not found in the {1} file'.format(section, filename)) return db