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A configuration manager for Python
[ Example | Documentation | PyPI ]
import cfig
config = cfig.Configuration()
@config.required()
def SECRET_KEY(val: str) -> str:
"""Secret string used to manage HTTP session tokens."""
return val
if __name__ == "__main__":
config.cli()
from mypackage.mycfig import SECRET_KEY
print(f"My SECRET_KEY is: {SECRET_KEY}")
$ python -m mypackage.mycfig
===== Configuration =====
SECRET_KEY → Required, but not set.
Secret string used to manage HTTP session tokens.
===== End =====
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A configuration manager for Python
We found that cfig demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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