# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Module for parsing main configuration file (nagios.cfg)."""
from __future__ import absolute_import
from pynag.Utils import paths
class MainConfig(object):
""" Generic parser for files in the format of key=value.
This is the format used by nagios.cfg and many other unix configuration files.
"""
def __init__(self, filename=None):
if not filename:
filename = paths.find_main_configuration_file()
self.filename = filename
self.data = self.parse()
def get(self, attribute, default=None):
"""Get the first instance of key."""
for key, value in self.data:
if key == attribute:
return value
def get_list(self, attribute):
"""Get a list of all values that have attribute_name 'key'."""
return [value for key, value in self.data if key == attribute]
@staticmethod
def _parse_string(string):
result = []
for line in string.splitlines():
# Strip out new line characters
line = line.strip()
# Skip blank lines
if not line:
continue
# Skip comments
if line.startswith("#") or line.startswith(';'):
continue
key, value = line.split('=', 1)
key = key.strip()
value = value.strip()
result.append((key, value))
return result
def parse(self):
with open(self.filename) as file_handle:
data = file_handle.read()
return self._parse_string(data)