Configobj - reading a value using as_bool

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I have a configobj file, which I am able to read from, however I'd like to read a few of the values from the file using the as_bool method. Currently I am using the following code and failing miserably!

configFile = 'config.conf'
config     = ConfigObj(configFile)

del_files_bool       = config.as_bool['Preferences']['delete_old_files']

The config file itself is stuctured like this

[Prefrences]
delete_old_files = 1

Where am I going wrong?

I get the following error. TypeError: 'instancemethod' object has no attribute '__getitem__' — jason, Jan 31 '14 at 13:53
I never used `ConfigObj`, but I guess you meant: config['Preferences']['delete_old_files'].as_bool() ? — zmo, Jan 31 '14 at 12:19

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 15 '18 at 23:01

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Try extracting the section first like this:

config.get('Preferences').as_bool('delete_old_files')

edited May 15 '18 at 23:01

Matt Sanders

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answered Jan 31 '14 at 12:35

Tom Ron

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '17 at 17:46

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According to their documentation , as_bool takes key as an argument. This should work:

config['Preferences'].as_bool('delete_old_files')

If you have sub-sections inside sections, you could do this:

config['section']['sub-section'].as_bool('key')

answered Apr 30 '17 at 17:46

nams

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 20 '19 at 13:48

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It works for me in configobj version 5.0.6:

config['section1'].as_bool('key1')

config['section1'].as_int('key2')

config['section1']['sub-section'].as_float('key3')

config['section1']['sub-section'].as_list('key4')

The documentation mention these methods here.

Hope it helps!

edited Oct 20 '19 at 13:48

Nick Martin

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answered Oct 20 '19 at 10:51

Guillermo E. Torres

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Configobj - reading a value using as_bool

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