pwim / ruby-parseconfig

Ruby Config File Parser for Standard Unix/Linux Type Config Files

Ruby ParseConfig Library

ParseConfig provides simple parsing of standard configuration files in the form of param = value. It also supports nested [group] sections.

Installation

$ gem install parseconfig

Gemfile

gem 'parseconfig'

Usage

An example configuration file might look like:

# Example Config
param1 = value1
param2 = value2

[group1]
group1_param1 = group1_value1
group1_param2 = group1_value2

[group2]
group2_param1 = group2_value1
group2_param2 = group2_value2

Access it with ParseConfig:

>> require 'parseconfig'
=> true

>> config = ParseConfig.new('/path/to/config/example.conf')
=> #<ParseConfig:0x102410908
      @config_file="example.conf",
      @groups=["group1", "group2"],
      @params={
            "param1"=>"value1"
            "param2"=>"value2",
            "group1"=>{
                "param1"=>"value1"
                "param2"=>"value2",
            },
            "group2"=>{
                "param1"=>"value1"
                "param2"=>"value2",
            },
    }>

>> config.get_params
=> ["param1", "param2", "group1", "group2"]

>> config['param1']
=> "value1"

>> config.get_groups
=> ["group1", "group2"]

>> config['group1']
=> {"group1_param1"=>"group1_value1", "group1_param2"=>"group1_value2"}

>> config['group1']['group1_param1']
=> "group1_value1"

>> file = File.open('/path/to/config/file', 'w')
=> #<File:file>

>> config.write(file)
=> []

>> file.close
=> nil

License

The ParseConfig library is Open Source and distributed under the MIT license. Please see the LICENSE file included with this software.