import ConfigParser import os.path def path(): """Return the path to the per-user config file""" return os.path.expanduser("~/.bugs_everywhere") def set_val(name, value, section="DEFAULT"): """Set a value in the per-user config file :param name: The name of the value to set :param value: The new value to set (or None to delete the value) :param section: The section to store the name/value in """ config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser() config.read(path()) if value is not None: config.set(section, name, value) else: config.remove_option(section, name) config.write(file(path(), "wb")) pass def get_val(name, section="DEFAULT"): """ Get a value from the per-user config file :param name: The name of the value to get :section: The section that the name is in :return: The value, or None >>> get_val("junk") is None True >>> set_val("junk", "random") >>> get_val("junk") 'random' >>> set_val("junk", None) >>> get_val("junk") is None True """ config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser() config.read(path()) try: return config.get(section, name) except ConfigParser.NoOptionError: return None