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Using ConfigParser's has_section() method I can check if a section exists in a file, such as:

config.has_section(section_name)

What would be a command to check if a key exists as well? So it would be possible to verify that both a section and key exists before querying the value using:

value = config.get(section, key)

Thanks in advance!

sk8forether
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  • this might help you out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/287757/pythons-configparser-unique-keys-per-section – samrap Jan 11 '14 at 02:07

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In addition to has_section, there is also a has_option method:

config.has_option(section, option)

From the Python documentation:

has_option*(section, option)*
If the given section exists, and contains the given option, return True; otherwise return False. If the specified section is None or an empty string, DEFAULT is assumed.

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