Confdantic
is a Python library that enhances Pydantic's capabilities for working with JSON, YAML, and TOML formats.
It preserves field descriptions as comments when serializing to YAML or TOML, making it great for generating user-friendly configuration files.
pip install confdantic
pip install git+https://github.com/zigai/confdantic.git
from typing import Literal
from pydantic import Field
from confdantic import Confdantic
class DatabaseConfig(Confdantic):
host: str = Field(
"localhost",
description="The hostname or IP address of the database server",
)
port: int = Field(
5432,
description="The port number on which the database server is listening.",
)
username: str
password: str
class ApplicationConfig(Confdantic):
debug: bool = Field(False, description="Enable debug mode")
log_level: Literal["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR"] = Field(
"INFO", description="Logging level"
)
database: DatabaseConfig
allowed_hosts: list[str] = Field(
default_factory=list,
description="A list of host/domain names that this application can serve.",
)
config = ApplicationConfig(
database=DatabaseConfig(username="admin", password="secret"),
allowed_hosts=["example.com"],
)
config.save("config.yaml", comments=True)
config.save("config.toml", comments=True)
config.yaml
debug: false # Enable debug mode
log_level: INFO # Logging level | choices: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR
database:
host: localhost # The hostname or IP address of the database server
port: 5432 # The port number on which the database server is listening.
username: admin
password: secret
allowed_hosts: # A list of host/domain names that this application can serve.
- example.com
config.toml
debug = false # Enable debug mode
log_level = "INFO" # Logging level | choices: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR
allowed_hosts = ["example.com"] # A list of host/domain names that this application can serve.
[database]
host = "localhost" # The hostname or IP address of the database server
port = 5432 # The port number on which the database server is listening.
username = "admin"
password = "secret"