Python Write Dictionary Contents to ConfigParser

configparser, dictionary, python

Solution

You are reading the documentation for python 3.4, but you are probably using an older version of python.

Here is how to use ConfigParser in older versions of python:

import ConfigParser
parser = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()

info = {"User1-votes":"36","User1-gamestart":"13232323","User2-votes":"36","User2-gamestart":"234234234","User3-votes":"36","User3-gamestart":"13232323"}

parser.add_section('User-Info')
for key in info.keys():
    parser.set('User-Info', key, info[key])

with open('config.ini', 'w') as f:
    parser.write(f)

Problem

I am trying to write (and later read into) the contents of a dictionary to ConfigParser, and I believe I am doing it correctly according to the docs , but cannot seem to get it to work. Can someone assist? ``` import ConfigParser parser = ConfigParser.ConfigParser() parser['User_Info'] = {"User1-votes":"36","User1-gamestart":"13232323","User2-votes":"36","User2-gamestart":"234234234","User3-votes":"36","User3-gamestart":"13232323"} Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AttributeError: ConfigParser instance has no attribute '__setitem__' ``` What I am looking for is to have a dictionary that I can update, and at the end write to a config file so it would look like: ``` [User_Info] User1-gamestart = 13232323 User3-votes = 36 User2-votes = 36 User1-votes = 36 User2-gamestart = 234234234 User3-gamestart = 13232323 ```

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