ConfigObj is a simple but powerful config file reader and writer: an ini file round tripper. Its main feature is that it is very easy to use, with a straightforward programmer's interface and a simple syntax for config files.

List of Features

• Nested sections (subsections), to any level

• List values

• Multiple line values

• Full Unicode support

• String interpolation (substitution)

• Integrated with a powerful validation system

  • including automatic type checking/conversion
  • and allowing default values
  • repeated sections

• All comments in the file are preserved

• The order of keys/sections is preserved

• Powerful unrepr mode for storing/retrieving Python data-types

Changelog

Release 5.0.9

• drop support for Python 2 and ❤️.7
• fix CVE-2023-26112, ReDoS attack

Release 5.0.8

• fixing/test for a regression introduced in 5.0.7 that prevented import validate from working

Release 5.0.7

• update testing to validate against python version 2.7 and 3.5-3.11
• update broken links / non-existent services and references

Older Releases

• Release 5.0.6 improves error messages in certain edge cases
• Release 5.0.5 corrects a unicode-bug that still existed in writing files
• Release 5.0.4 corrects a unicode-bug that still existed in reading files after fixing lists of string in 5.0.3
• Release 5.0.3 corrects errors related to the incorrectly handling unicode encoding and writing out files
• Release 5.0.2 adds a specific error message when trying to install on Python versions older than 2.5
• Release 5.0.1 fixes a regression with unicode conversion not happening in certain cases PY2
• Release 5.0.0 updates the supported Python versions to 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3 and is otherwise unchanged
• Release 4.7.2 fixes several bugs in 4.7.1
• Release 4.7.1 fixes a bug with the deprecated options keyword in 4.7.0.
• Release 4.7.0 improves performance adds features for validation and fixes some bugs.