cfgman 0.2.1

Configuration manager made easy.

cfgman

A configuration manager for Python application.

Features

• Configure from files (yaml, toml, json).
• Environment variables.
• Custom variables (e.g. command line arguments).
• Type annotations.

Usage

from cfgman import (
    configclass,
    load_config,
    get_default_config,
    env_loader,
    file_loader,
    MISSING,
)
from apischema.metadata import conversion


def from_isoformat(s: str) -> datetime:
    return datetime.fromisoformat(s)


def to_isoformat(d: datetime) -> str:
    return d.isoformat()


@configclass
class WebServerConfig:
    host: str = "localhost"
    port: int = 80
    timeout: int = 30


@configclass
class Config:
    web: WebServerConfig  # nest configs
    start: datetime = field(
        default_factory=lambda: datetime.now(datetime.utc),
        metadata=conversion(from_isoformat, to_isoformat),
    )


argparser = ArgumentParser(Config)
argparser.add_argument(
    "-c",
    "--config",
    dest="config_files",
    metavar="FILENAME",
    action="append",
    default=["~/.config/myapp/config.yaml"],
)
argparser.add_argument("--host", metavar="HOSTNAME", default=MISSING)
argparser.add_argument("-p", "--port", metavar="PORT", type=int, default=MISSING)
argparser.add_argument("-s", "--start", metavar="ISODATETIME", default=MISSING)
args = argparser.parse_args()

config = load_config(
    Config,
    file_loader(
        files=args.config_files, supported_formats=(FileFormat.YAML, FileFormat.TOML)
    ),
    env_loader(
        prefix="APP_",
        mapping={"HOST": "web.host", "PORT": "web.port"},
    ),
    {
        "web": {
            "host": args.host,
            "port": args.port,
        },
        "start": args.start,
    },
)

time.sleep((datetime.now(datetime.utc) - config.start).total_seconds)


async def run_server():
    # you can retrieve your module specific config without depending on the rest of the configuration
    webconfig = get_default_config(WebServerConfig)
    server = start_server(webconfig.host, webconfig.port)
    await server.serve_forever()


async def request_handler(request):
    experiment = select_experiment()
    with replace_default(WebServerConfig, changes=experiment.changes):
        webconfig = get_default_config(WebServerConfig)
        response = await prepare_response(
            headers={"X-Experiment-Name": webconfig.experiment}
        )