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Table of Contents

  • Use TOML as a Configuration Format
    • Configurations and Configuration Files
    • TOML: Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language
    • TOML Schema Validation
  • Get to Know TOML: Key-Value Pairs
    • Strings, Numbers, and Booleans
    • Tables
    • Times and Dates
    • Arrays
  • Load TOML With Python
    • Read TOML Documents With tomli and tomllib
    • Compare TOML Types and Python Types
    • Use Configuration Files in Your Projects
  • Dump Python Objects as TOML
    • Convert Dictionaries to TOML
    • Write TOML Documents With tomli_w
  • Create New TOML Documents
    • Format and Style TOML Documents
    • Create TOML From Scratch With tomlkit
  • Update Existing TOML Documents
    • Represent TOML as tomlkit Objects
    • Read and Write TOML Losslessly
  • Conclusion
  • Frequently Asked Questions

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