Build a dictionary from properties file

extract_properties.py

prop_match = re.compile(r'\s*(?P<prop_id>\S+)\s*=\s*(?P<prop_val>\S+)') # pylint: disable=W1401


def extract_properties(filename):
    """ Extract properties from file

    Args:
        filename(str): file path

    Returns:
        dict: dictionary for properties found
    """
    with open(os.path.expanduser(filename)) as fp:
        content = fp.read()
    res = dict()
    current = 0
    prop = prop_match.search(content, current)
    while prop:
        res[prop.group('prop_id')] = prop.group('prop_val')
        current = prop.end()
        prop = prop_match.search(content, current)
    return res