webapp/app/config.py

"""Application's configuration file"""

from pathlib import Path

# path configuration
# let's guess that :file:`config.py` is located here : :file:`{rootpath}/webapp/`
_here = Path(__file__).resolve().parent

rootpath = _here.parent
"root project directory"

from yaml import safe_load

# loads database credentials
local_params_file = rootpath / "params.yaml"
with open(local_params_file, 'r') as file_handle:
    params_content = safe_load(file_handle)
    dbadmin = params_content['dbadmin']
    dbpassword = params_content['dbpassword']