def load_config_file(self):
        """Parse configuration file and get config values."""
        config_parser = SafeConfigParser()

        config_parser.read(self.CONFIG_FILE)

        if config_parser.has_section('handlers'):
            self._config['handlers_package'] = config_parser.get('handlers', 'package')

        if config_parser.has_section('auth'):
            self._config['consumer_key'] = config_parser.get('auth', 'consumer_key')
            self._config['consumer_secret'] = config_parser.get('auth', 'consumer_secret')
            self._config['token_key'] = config_parser.get('auth', 'token_key')
            self._config['token_secret'] = config_parser.get('auth', 'token_secret')

        if config_parser.has_section('stream'):
            self._config['user_stream'] = config_parser.get('stream', 'user_stream').lower() == 'true'
        else:
            self._config['user_stream'] = False

        if config_parser.has_option('general', 'min_seconds_between_errors'):
            self._config['min_seconds_between_errors'] = config_parser.get('general', 'min_seconds_between_errors')
        if config_parser.has_option('general', 'sleep_seconds_on_consecutive_errors'):
            self._config['sleep_seconds_on_consecutive_errors'] = config_parser.get(
                'general', 'sleep_seconds_on_consecutive_errors')
Parse configuration file and get config values.