{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Plaster provides a unified loader interface for reading configuration files in multiple formats, delegating actual parsing to pluggable loaders registered via entry points.","skillfed_tags":["config-loader","pylons-ecosystem"],"use_cases":["Load INI, YAML, or other config formats in a Pyramid or Pylons web application without hardcoding format assumptions.","Build an application that supports multiple config file formats by registering custom loaders as entry points.","Parse a config URI like 'ini://config.ini' or 'egg:myapp#config' to determine which loader to invoke.","Migrate from one config format to another without changing application code that calls plaster.","Discover available loaders at runtime to handle ambiguous or missing loader scenarios."],"what_it_does":"Plaster is a configuration loader abstraction layer designed for applications that need to read settings from multiple config file formats (INI, YAML, TOML, etc.) through a single, consistent API. Rather than implementing format-specific parsing itself, plaster defines a standard interface and delegates actual parsing to pluggable loaders that register themselves via entry points. This separation allows applications to support multiple config formats without coupling to any single parser library.\n\nThe package is part of the Pylons ecosystem and is commonly used in Pyramid web applications. It handles URI parsing to identify which loader to use, manages loader discovery, and provides error handling for missing or ambiguous loaders. The core library is minimal and stable, focusing only on the loader interface contract; any format-specific behavior lives in separate loader implementations.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are maintaining or extending an existing Pylons/Pyramid application that already uses plaster\u2014it is stable and has no known vulnerabilities. No, if starting a new project: the package is abandoned (last release 2022-11-21), and modern Python config alternatives (tomllib, pydantic, dynaconf) are actively maintained. Install only when required by existing code or when the pluggable loader abstraction is a genuine architectural need."},"id":"plaster","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/plaster","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/plaster.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/plaster/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2022-11-21","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"plaster","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"A loader interface around multiple config file formats."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":2393112,"position":3087,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.1.2"}