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Practical yet versatile configuration parsing
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ConfigMate



Practical and versatile configuration parsing in Python



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***

ConfigMate streamlines heavyweight config parsing into a sleek,
zero-boilerplate experience that lets you configure with confidence.

Key Features



  • Extensible file format support: Automatic detection &
    parsing of all standard config file formats.

  • Environment variable interpolation: Parse environment
    variables while keeping defaults in your configuration file.

  • Override files: Segregate base configuration management
    such as DEV/STAG/PROD overrides in separate files.

  • CLI support: Override configuration values with files
    or values directly from an automatically generated command line interface.

  • Type validation: Custom validation support, and seamless
    extension for Pydantic's fantastic validation capabilities.

## Get started with ConfigMate

ConfigMate simplifies your configuration management. Get started with these easy steps:

### Installation

Install ConfigMate with all standard features:

```bash
pip install "configmate[standard]"
```

Alternatively, install with specific features (e.g., Pydantic):

```bash
pip install "configmate[pydantic]"
```

#### Set Up Configuration

1. Create a Configuration File:
In this example we will do YAML, but ConfigMate supports all standard config file formats(json, toml, ini - you name it):

```yaml
# config.yaml
Database configuration:
host: localhost
port: ${DB_PORT:8000}
```

2. Load your config in python:
Use ConfigMate to load and validate configuration in your script:

```python
# example.py
import configmate
import dataclasses

@dataclasses.dataclass
class DatabaseConfig:
host: str
port: int

config = configmate.get_config(
"config.yaml",
section='Database configuration',
validation=DatabaseConfig
)
print(config)
```

3. Run Your Script with Different Configurations
Execute your script, and override configurations using environment variables or command-line arguments:

```bash
# Default configuration
python example.py
>> DatabaseConfig(host='localhost', port=8000)

# Override port using an environment variable
DB_PORT=9000 python example.py
>> DatabaseConfig(host='localhost', port=9000)

# Override host using a command-line argument
python example.py ++host foreignhost
>> DatabaseConfig(host='foreignhost', port=8000)
```

## Quick comparison with other config parsers

| Feature / Package | ConfigMate | ConfigParser | File Parsers (TOML/YAML/...) | ArgParse | Pallets/Click | Google/Fire | OmegaConf | Hydra |
|---------------------------------------|:----------:|:------------:|:---------------------------:|:--------:|:-------------:|:-----------:|:---------:|:-----:|
| No Boilerplate | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Support for Multiple File Formats | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Hierarchical Configuration | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Command-line Interface (CLI) Support | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Type Validation | ✅ | ❌ | Partial | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | Partial | Partial|
| Environment Variable Interpolation | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dependency Count | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |