App Config (INI)
Sample INI config file for legacy config parser tests.
[DEFAULT]
env = sample
[database]
host = localhost
name = sample_db
Specifications
- Format
- INI
What is a .ini file?
INI is an informal configuration format organizing key-value pairs under bracketed section headers, with comment lines and no strict standard. Parsing details like comment characters, quoting, and nesting vary between implementations. It is a long-standing choice for simple application and system configuration.
How to use this file
Use an example INI file to test section and key-value parsing, comment handling, and configuration loaders that must tolerate dialect differences.
How to use this file for testing
“App Config (INI)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Config testing, Conversion testing. TOML, INI, YAML, .env, and dotfile configuration samples with nested sections and typed values — for testing config parsers, loaders, and environment tooling.
Documented properties for this file: INI. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
Data fixtures document their exact quirks — delimiters, encodings, null handling, schema, and row counts — in the spec table. Point your parser or importer at the file and assert it handles the documented edge cases; clean and deliberately-messy siblings make before/after diffs straightforward.
Point your config loader at the file and assert it reads the documented sections and typed values, including any deliberately-tricky nesting or comments.
Code examples
import configparser
c = configparser.ConfigParser()
c.read("app.ini")
print(c.sections())Related files
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