#!/usr/bin/env python from configparser import ConfigParser def config(filename='configuration/database.ini', section='postgresql'): parser = ConfigParser() parser.read(filename) 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