FindConfig

FindConfig is a Python package which implements the simple task of looking for a configuration file in a series of locations.

Usage

from findconfig import findconfig

config = findconfig("my.config.yaml")

The command above returns the Pathlib path of the first file found in the locations indicated below (in the order), which has the given filename, with or without a prepended dot (e.g. .my.config.yaml in the example above).

Config file locations

The locations which are searched are, in order of priority:

• the directories indicated in the XDG specification:
  • XDG config home
  • XDG config dirs
• the home directory of the user
• the source code directory of the calling program:
  • the directory of the calling module
  • any ancestor directory, stopping at (and including) the first one which does not contain a __init__.py file
• directories listed in the more_path keyword argument

Options

The following keyword options can be used:

more_path (list of strings or Path, default: []): directory names to be searched
  into, in the order, _after_ the default locations stated above

allow_dot (boolean, default: True): also look for the filename with a prepended
  dot, if the filename does not start with a dot

use_xdg (boolean, default: True): enable searching in the XDG specification paths
use_home (boolean, default: True): enable searching in the user home directory
use_src (boolean, default: True): enable searching in the source code directory
                              of the program
src_climb (int, default: 1): maximum number of ancestor directories to search
                             from the first directory without a __init__.py file
                             starting from the directory containing the calling
                             module

exception (boolean, default: False): raise an exception is the file is not found
                                     (default: return None and do not raise)

verbose (boolean, default: False): print the path of the found configuration
                                   file to the standard error