hocon2 0.6.2

HOCON parser for python

HOCON parser with json-like interface

Usage

Just like with json, you can load data from a file or from a string to python dict/list:

import hocon

data = """
animal.favorite: badger
key : ${animal.favorite} is the best
"""
dictionary = hocon.loads(data)

And dump it back to string to your favorite format:

>>> import yaml
>>> print(yaml.dump(dictionary))
animal:
  favorite: badger
key: badger is the best

Specification

This library has NOT implemented each and every statement in the hocon specification.

Check FEATURES.md to see which HOCON functionalities are already implemented and tested.

Why choose hocon2?

• Simple interface
• Modern, fully py.typed design
• Tested on each change against:
  • black
  • mypy --strict
  • ruff
  • pylint
  • ALL conf examples from hocon specification
  • 100% code coverage
  • typeguard (dynamic typechecks)
• Tested on demand against hypothesis generated confs
• Fixed a lot of issues still lingering in pyhocon

Why choose pyhocon?

• You use python < 3.11
• You need a HOCON writer - hocon2 can only READ
• hocon2 is still in version 0.X.X, it might break backwards compatibility until version 1.0.0
• hocon2 has almost no users and no public issues raised so far (PROBABLY CONTAINS UNDISCOVERED BUGS)
• hocon2 is developed by a single person, responsiveness to issues and support might be worse than pyhocon