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Advanced usage
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This page describes some more advanced :mod:`cfig` features that you might be interested in using.
Fail-fast
=========
If your variables are very slow to be resolved, you may want for the :meth:`~cfig.config.Configuration.ProxyDict.resolve` method to raise as soon as a single value fails to resolve.
For that purpose, the :meth:`~cfig.config.Configuration.ProxyDict.resolve_failfast` method is provided:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 4
from .mydefinitionmodule import config
if __name__ == "__main__":
config.proxies.resolve_failfast()
Please note that the :meth:`~cfig.config.Configuration.ProxyDict.resolve_failfast` method does not raise :exc:`~cfig.errors.BatchResolutionFailure`, but raises the first occurring error instead, so you might want to catch it in this way:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 4,5,6,7
from .mydefinitionmodule import config
if __name__ == "__main__":
try:
config.proxies.resolve_failfast()
except cfig.ConfigurationError as err:
...
Access all resolved variables at once
=====================================
In certain cases, you might want to obtain a :class:`dict` containing all resolved variables, without them being proxied.
You may have noticed that both :meth:`~cfig.config.Configuration.ProxyDict.resolve` and :meth:`~cfig.config.Configuration.ProxyDict.resolve_failfast` return a :class:`dict`: that's exactly what you need!
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 2
...
static_cfg = config.proxies.resolve()
...
.. note::
Be aware that the :class:`dict` returned will never change, even after a :ref:`reload <Reloading variables>`!
Reloading variables
===================
You might want for the configuration to be reloaded without restarting your application.
In that case, you may use the :meth:`~cfig.config.Configuration.ProxyDict.unresolve` method to clear the cached values, and then call :meth:`~cfig.config.Configuration.ProxyDict.resolve` again.
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 2,3
...
config.proxies.unresolve()
config.proxies.resolve()
...
To reload a single variable, you may use the ``del`` keyword:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 2
...
del MY_VARIABLE.__wrapped__
...
Sources selection
=================
If you need further fine-tuning of the places to gather configuration values from, you may specify them via the :attr:`cfig.config.Configuration.sources` collection:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10
import cfig
import cfig.sources.env
import cfig.sources.envfile
config = cfig.Configuration(sources=[
cfig.source.env.EnvironmentSource(),
cfig.source.env.EnvironmentSource(prefix="PROD_"),
cfig.source.envfile.EnvironmentFileSource(),
cfig.source.envfile.EnvironmentFileSource(suffix="_PATH"),
])
The specified sources are used in the order they are specified.
They may also be altered at runtime, if for some *crazy reason* you need that feature:
.. code-block:: python
:emphasize-lines: 6,7,8
import cfig
import cfig.sources.env
config = cfig.Configuration()
config.sources.append(
cfig.source.env.EnvironmentSource()
)
.. note::
Already cached variables **won't** be automatically reloaded after changing the sources!
Sources customization
---------------------
If the provided sources aren't enough, you may create a custom class inheriting from :class:`~cfig.sources.base.Source`.
.. hint::
Since :mod:`cfig.sources` is a namespace package, if you intend to distribute your custom source, you may want to do it by extending the namespace, for an easier developer workflow.