Python ConfigParser module rename a section

Question

How can you rename a section in a ConfigParser object?

Answer 1

As far as I can tell, you need to

• get the sections items via ConfigParser.items
• remove the section via ConfigParser.remove_section
• create a new section via ConfigParser.add_section
• Put the items back into the new section via ConfigParser.set

Answer 2

example helper function - silly really but it might save someone a few minutes work...

def rename_section(cp, section_from, section_to):
    items = cp.items(section_from)
    cp.add_section(section_to)
    for item in items:
        cp.set(section_to, item[0], item[1])
    cp.remove_section(section_from)