Python configparser get all from a section and write to new file

Question

how would one use python config parser to get every entry under a single section and write to a new file without actually specifying each entry

for example how would I go about getting everything under section "testing" and write to a new file without using config.get and listing every entry?

config file

[testing]
test1=test23452
test2=test45235
test3=test54524
[donotneed]
something1=something
something2=somethingelse

I've tried the following just for testing purposes

config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
    config.read(configFilePath)
    testing = {k:v for k,v in config.items('testing')}
    for x in testing:
        print (x)

but it's only printing the following

test1
test3
test2

and not everything in that section, I need it to give me

test1=test23452
test2=test45235
test3=test54524

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 30 '20 at 02:57

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for x in testing will just parse the keys of the dictionary testing.

You need:

for x in testing.items():
  print x[0] + '=' + x[1]

edited Mar 30 '20 at 02:57

colidyre

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answered Aug 29 '16 at 11:07

Abhimanyu singh

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Python configparser get all from a section and write to new file

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