walk(self, function, raise_errors=True, call_on_sections=False, **keywargs)
Return a dictionary of the return values
If the function raises an exception, raise the errror unless raise_errors=False
, in which case set the return value to False
.
Any unrecognized keyword arguments you pass to walk, will be pased on to the function you pass in.
Note: if call_on_sections
is True
then - on encountering a subsection, first the function is called for the whole subsection, and then recurses into it's members. This means your function must be able to handle strings, dictionaries and lists. This allows you to change the key of subsections as well as for ordinary members. The return value when called on the whole subsection has to be discarded.
See the encode and decode methods for examples, including functions.
.. admonition:: caution
You can use ``walk`` to transform the names of members of a section
but you mustn't add or delete members.
>>> config = '''[XXXXsection]
... XXXXkey = XXXXvalue'''.splitlines()
>>> cfg = ConfigObj(config)
>>> cfg
ConfigObj({'XXXXsection': {'XXXXkey': 'XXXXvalue'}})
>>> def transform(section, key):
... val = section[key]
... newkey = key.replace('XXXX', 'CLIENT1')
... section.rename(key, newkey)
... if isinstance(val, (tuple, list, dict)):
... pass
... else:
... val = val.replace('XXXX', 'CLIENT1')
... section[newkey] = val
>>> cfg.walk(transform, call_on_sections=True)
{'CLIENT1section': {'CLIENT1key': None}}
>>> cfg
ConfigObj({'CLIENT1section': {'CLIENT1key': 'CLIENT1value'}})
Walk every member and call a function on the keyword and value.
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