How in python's module CONFIGPARSER read text from variable, not from a file?

Question

The problem is that config.read("filename.ini") - requires a local file. I download the content of this file straight into the variable from my FTP server with the help of StringIO.

content = StringIO()
f.retrbinary('RETR /folder1/inifile.ini, content.write)
request = content.getvalue()
config.read(request)

Answer 1

I found this in the python docs.

Using your StringIO object it looks like you can use config.readfp(contents).