[SOLVED] Saving QLineEdit text to a variable in the python script

[salm2s]

Hi there,
So i have a quick question: How can i save text a user inputted into LineEdit and save that text to a variable within the script?
I looked at some documentation and saw that you can save the text to another file:

def save_config(self):
    with open('config.txt', 'w') as f:
        url_text = self.lineEdit.text()
        f.write(url_text)

But when i do that it removes the variable i set in the txt file.

Thanks,
salm2s

 

[rgd1101]

https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_file_handling.asp
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[salm2s]

https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_file_handling.asp
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Hey so I did what you told me, and it works. But the problem is that once the user wants to change the url and save it, it just puts it after the first saved config:

How can i make it so that it replaces it?

 

[rgd1101]

read the file and replace the line?

 

[salm2s]

read the file and replace the line?

Well, basically, I will already set a url so that the gui's set text will be: self.lineEdit.setText(config.URL). Then when the user sets a new URL and clicks save, it will change the URL to the website set by the user. And when the user launches the gui again, it will not be the text i set initially, but it will be what they set after they saved.

 

[salm2s]

Would there be an easier way to do this? I am open for other suggestions.

 

[rgd1101]

pay someone to write it? fiverr.com

 

[salm2s]

Lol. Don't worry about it, i found a solution, just used a .json file and wrote text to there. then i set lineedit.setText(test['URL']). Thanks for the help 👍