How to use the configparser.Error function in configparser

def test_falls_back_when_there_is_config_error(self, mock_log):
        self.mock_parser.side_effect = configparser.Error()
        open_config_file('gtg.conf')
        self.mock_parser.assert_called_once_with('gtg.conf')
        self.assertTrue(mock_log.warning.called)

def _loadsettings(filename,parent=None):
  sectiondicts={}
  sections={}
  values={}
  config = configparser.ConfigParser(interpolation=None,empty_lines_in_values=False,default_section="~#'[&INVALID&]'#~",dict_type=dict)
  
  try:
    with open(filename,'r') as f:
      config.read_file(f)
  except FileNotFoundError as ex:
    if parent is None:
      raise ex
    else:
      return parent
  except configparser.Error as ex:
    print("Error reading config file")
    print(ex)
    if parent is None:
      raise ex
    else:
      return parent
  for sectionname in config.sections():
    sectiondict=sectiondicts
    section=sections
    value=values
    for el in sectionname.split("."):
      if el not in sectiondict:
        newsections={}
        newvalues={}
        sectiondict[el]=({},newsections,newvalues)
        section[el]=SettingsSection(newsections,newvalues)

def init(app, config_file):
    global metadata
    config = topicexplorer.config.read(config_file)

    try:
        filename = config.get('bibtex', 'path')
    except ConfigParserError:
        model_path = config.get('main', 'path')
        filename = os.path.join(model_path, 'library.bib')

    print("Loading Bibtex metadata from", filename)
    bib = parse_file(filename)

    metadata = dict()
    for entry in bib.entries:
        key = '/' + bib.entries[entry].fields.get('file', '').replace(':pdf', '')[1:]
        if 'C$\\backslash$:' in key:
            key = key.replace('C$\\backslash$:', '')
            key = key[1:]
            key = os.path.normpath(key)
        key = os.path.basename(key)
        try:
            citation = pybtex.format_from_file(

def get_config_value(section, option, default):
    scp = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
    scp.read(CONFIG_FILENAME)

    try:
        return scp.get(section, option)
    except configparser.Error:
        return default

def parse_desktop_file(self, pkg, root, f, filename):
        """
        Check the structure of a desktop file.
        """
        cfp = cfgparser.RawConfigParser()
        try:
            with codecs.open(f, encoding='utf-8') as inputf:
                cfp.read_file(inputf, filename)
        except cfgparser.Error as e:
            self._handle_parser_error(pkg, filename, e)
        except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
            self.output.add_info('E', pkg, 'non-utf8-desktopfile', filename, f'Unicode error: {e}')
        else:
            self._has_binary(pkg, root, cfp, filename)

def parse(self, cfg_set, creator, logger, args=None):
        cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
        cfg.optionxform = str  # do not case convert

        # read config
        try:
            if self.fobj is not None:
                cfg.readfp(self.fobj, self.cfg_file)
            else:
                with open(self.cfg_file) as fh:
                    cfg.readfp(fh, self.cfg_file)
            logger.info("%s: config read", self.cfg_file)
        except configparser.Error as e:
            logger.error("%s: failed parsing: %s", self.cfg_file, e)
            return False

        # run through sections
        for sect in cfg.sections():
            for opt in cfg.options(sect):
                in_val = cfg.get(sect, opt)
                if not self._parse_sect_opt(cfg_set, creator, logger,
                                            sect, opt, in_val):
                    return False
        return True

# Sanity check: All devices must point at a vendor object.
        # Side effect: build the lists of vendors and devices.
        self.vendors = []
        self.devices = []
        for section in self.sections():
            if self.get(section, "type") == "vendor":
                self.vendors.append(section)
            if self.get(section, "type") == "device":
                self.devices.append(section)
        self.vendors.sort()
        for section in self.sections():
            if self.get(section, "type") == "device":
                if not self.has_option(section, "vendor"):
                    raise configparser.Error("%s has no vendor" % section)
                if self.get(section, "vendor") not in self.vendors:
                    raise configparser.Error("%s has invalid vendor" % section)

def load(self):
        try:
            self._config_parser.read(self._config_file)
        except configparser.Error as e:
            applet_log.warning("CONFIG: malformed configuration file, using default [%s]" % e)
            self._default()
            self.save()

parser.read_file(fp)

        config['lastrun']     = parser.get(GEN,'lastrun')
        config['format']      = parser.get(GEN,'format')
        config['duplicates']  = parser.getboolean(GEN,'duplicates')

        config[ENG] = {}

        for engine_name in ENGINES.keys():
            engine_section = {}
            error = None
            try:
                engine_section['state']       = parser.getboolean(engine_name, 'state')
                engine_section['tags']        = parser.get(engine_name,'tags')
                engine_section['blacklist']   = parser.get(engine_name,'blacklist')
            except (configparser.Error) as e:
                error = str(e)
            except KeyError as e:
                error = "section [{}] not found in config file".format(e)
            except ValueError as e:
                error = 'error processing section [{}]: {}'.format(engine_name, e)
            else:
                LOG.debug('successfully parsed [%s] section in %s', engine_name, DEFAULT_INI_NAME)
                config[ENG][engine_name] = engine_section
            if error:
                LOG.error(error)
                error_str = "problem parsing [{}], this engine will be skipped.".format(engine_name)
        return config

log_directory = os.path.join(data_dir, 'steam_tools_ng')
        new("logger", "log_directory", log_directory)

    log_level = parser.get("logger", "log_level")

    if log_level and not log_level.upper() in log_levels:
        raise configparser.Error(
            _("Please, fix your config file. Accepted values for log_level are:\n{}").format(
                ', '.join(log_levels),
            )
        )

    log_console_level = parser.get("logger", "log_console_level")

    if log_console_level and not log_console_level.upper() in log_levels:
        raise configparser.Error(
            _("Please, fix your config file. Accepted values for log_console_level are:\n{}").format(
                ', '.join(log_levels),
            )
        )

    os.makedirs(log_directory, exist_ok=True)