File Formats

The modules described in this chapter parse various miscellaneous file formats that aren't markup languages and are not related to e-mail.

• csv --- CSV File Reading and Writing
  • Module Contents
  • Dialects and Formatting Parameters
  • Reader Objects
  • Writer Objects
  • Examples
• configparser --- Configuration file parser
  • Quick Start
  • Supported Datatypes
  • Fallback Values
  • Supported INI File Structure
  • Unnamed Sections
  • Interpolation of values
  • Mapping Protocol Access
  • Customizing Parser Behaviour
  • Legacy API Examples
  • ConfigParser Objects
  • RawConfigParser Objects
  • Exceptions
• tomllib --- Parse TOML files
  • Examples
  • Conversion Table
• netrc --- netrc file processing
  • netrc Objects
• plistlib --- Generate and parse Apple .plist files
  • Examples