import os import argparse import sys # The config file is in the same directory as this script config_directory = os.path.dirname(__file__) config_yaml = os.path.join(config_directory, "config.yaml") config_json = os.path.join(config_directory, "config.json") parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Get values from config file') parser.add_argument('--default', dest='default', action='store', help='default value, to be used if the setting is not defined in the config file') parser.add_argument('key', metavar='key', nargs='+', help='config key to return') args = parser.parse_args() if os.path.isfile(config_yaml): from ruamel.yaml import YAML yaml = YAML(typ='safe') with open(config_yaml, 'r') as configfile: try: config = yaml.load(configfile) except Exception as e: print(e, file=sys.stderr) config = {} elif os.path.isfile(config_json): import json with open(config_json, 'r') as configfile: try: config = json.load(configfile) except Exception as e: print(e, file=sys.stderr) config = {} else: config = {} for k in args.key: if k in config: config = config[k] else: if args.default != None: print(args.default) exit() print(config)