Converts configparser config to object with attributes relative to config For example config: [test] foo=bar will become: settings.TEST_FOO = 'bar'

config2object.py

import os
import ConfigParser


class Settings(object):
    pass


def boolify(item):
    return {'True': True, 'False': False}[item]


def autoconvert(item):
    for method in (boolify, int, float):
        try:
            return method(item)
        except:
            pass
    return item


def config2object(path, default_config):
    config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
    config.readfp(open(default_config))  # Read base cfg
    if path:
        config.read(os.path.expanduser(path))  # Read user cfg

    settings = Settings()

    for section in config.sections():
        for item in config.items(section):
            setattr(settings,
                    '%s_%s' % (section.upper(), item[0].upper()),
                    autoconvert(item[1]))

    return settings