python - Convert ConfigParser.items('') to dictionary

Question

How can I convert the result of a ConfigParser.items('section') to a dictionary to format a string like here:

import ConfigParser

config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
config.read('conf.ini')

connection_string = ("dbname='%(dbname)s' user='%(dbuser)s' host='%(host)s' "
                     "password='%(password)s' port='%(port)s'")

print connection_string % config.items('db')

Answer 1

Have you tried

print connection_string % dict(config.items('db'))

?