OLT_config_parser.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from configobj import ConfigObj, Section
from uuid import uuid4

def get_config(config_fn):
    id_len = 8
    config = ConfigObj(config_fn)

    for panel_name, panel_elems in config.items():
        if "id" not in panel_elems.keys():
            config[panel_name]["id"] = str(uuid4())[:id_len]
        for elem_args in panel_elems.values():
            if type(elem_args) is Section:
                if "id" not in elem_args.keys():
                    elem_args["id"] = str(uuid4())[:id_len]

    config.write()
    return config


def get_config_by_id(config, elem_id):
    for panel_name, panel_elems in config.items():
        if panel_elems['id'] == elem_id:
            panel_elems['name'] = panel_name
            return panel_elems
        for elem_name, elem_args in panel_elems.items():
            if elem_name not in ['id', 'config_file']:
                if elem_args['id'] == elem_id:
                    elem_args['name'] = elem_name
                    return elem_args
    return None