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`GitHub <https://github.com/jwodder/javaproperties>`_
| `PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/javaproperties>`_
| `Documentation <https://javaproperties.readthedocs.io>`_
| `Issues <https://github.com/jwodder/javaproperties/issues>`_
| `Changelog <https://github.com/jwodder/javaproperties/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>`_
``javaproperties`` provides support for reading & writing |properties|_ (both
the simple line-oriented format and XML) with a simple API based on the
``json`` module — though, for recovering Java addicts, it also includes a
``Properties`` class intended to match the behavior of |propclass|_ as much as
is Pythonically possible.
Previous versions of ``javaproperties`` included command-line programs for
basic manipulation of ``.properties`` files. As of version 0.4.0, these
programs have been split off into a separate package, |clipkg|_.
Installation
============
Just use `pip <https://pip.pypa.io>`_ (You have pip, right?) to install
``javaproperties`` and its dependencies::
pip install javaproperties
Examples
========
Dump some keys & values (output order not guaranteed)::
>>> properties = {"key": "value", "host:port": "127.0.0.1:80", "snowman": "☃", "goat": "🐐"}
>>> print(javaproperties.dumps(properties))
#Mon Sep 26 14:57:44 EDT 2016
key=value
goat=\ud83d\udc10
host\:port=127.0.0.1\:80
snowman=\u2603
Load some keys & values::
>>> javaproperties.loads('''
... #Mon Sep 26 14:57:44 EDT 2016
... key = value
... goat: \\ud83d\\udc10
... host\\:port=127.0.0.1:80
... #foo = bar
... snowman ☃
... ''')
{'goat': '🐐', 'host:port': '127.0.0.1:80', 'key': 'value', 'snowman': '☃'}
Dump some properties to a file and read them back in again::
>>> with open('example.properties', 'w', encoding='latin-1') as fp:
... javaproperties.dump(properties, fp)
...
>>> with open('example.properties', 'r', encoding='latin-1') as fp:
... javaproperties.load(fp)
...
{'goat': '🐐', 'host:port': '127.0.0.1:80', 'key': 'value', 'snowman': '☃'}
Sort the properties you're dumping::
>>> print(javaproperties.dumps(properties, sort_keys=True))
#Mon Sep 26 14:57:44 EDT 2016
goat=\ud83d\udc10
host\:port=127.0.0.1\:80
key=value
snowman=\u2603
Turn off the timestamp::
>>> print(javaproperties.dumps(properties, timestamp=None))
key=value
goat=\ud83d\udc10
host\:port=127.0.0.1\:80
snowman=\u2603
Use your own timestamp (automatically converted to local time)::
>>> print(javaproperties.dumps(properties, timestamp=1234567890))
#Fri Feb 13 18:31:30 EST 2009
key=value
goat=\ud83d\udc10
host\:port=127.0.0.1\:80
snowman=\u2603
Dump as XML::
>>> print(javaproperties.dumps_xml(properties))
<!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
<properties>
<entry key="key">value</entry>
<entry key="goat">🐐</entry>
<entry key="host:port">127.0.0.1:80</entry>
<entry key="snowman">☃</entry>
</properties>
New in v0.6.0: Dump Unicode characters as-is instead of escaping them::
>>> print(javaproperties.dumps(properties, ensure_ascii=False))
#Tue Feb 25 19:13:27 EST 2020
key=value
goat=🐐
host\:port=127.0.0.1\:80
snowman=☃
`And more! <https://javaproperties.readthedocs.io>`_
.. |properties| replace:: Java ``.properties`` files
.. _properties: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.properties
.. |propclass| replace:: Java 8's ``java.util.Properties``
.. _propclass: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html
.. |clipkg| replace:: ``javaproperties-cli``
.. _clipkg: https://github.com/jwodder/javaproperties-cli