Lesson 6 : get("verify") vs ["verify"]

[Vaibhavcste]

Patrick said , get function is more roboust and helps if you are lazy, not sure what that means. What's the difference between these?

[7xAquarius]

["verify"] will raise an error if "verify" is not set, while get("verify") will just return None

>>> test = config["verify"]
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: 'verify'

>>> test = config.get("verify")
>>> print(test)
None

Bonus point, you can add a default value with get() :

>>> test = config.get("verify", "default")
>>> print(test)
default