File

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Auto-generated documentation for utils.file module.

Attributes

• CACHE_PATH - The path to the cache folder: Path('~/.cache')

• CSV_SAMPLE_SIZE - The amount of bytes to read for auto-detecting the CSV dialect: 4096

• File

• EnhancedJSONEncoder
  • EnhancedJSONEncoder().default
• File
  • File().date
  • File().delete
  • File().encoding
  • File().exists
  • File().open
  • File().path
  • File().read
  • File().readlines
  • File().size
  • File().type
  • File().write
• FileType
  • FileType.get
• ensure_directory
• fetch_content
• get_cache_path
• read_csv_file
• read_zip_file
• to_csv_row
• write_csv_file
• write_json_file

EnhancedJSONEncoder

Show source in file.py:344

JSON encoder that handles additional types like Path objects.

It also checks for to_json or to_dict methods on objects for custom serialization. If the data object is a dataclass, it will be converted to a dict using asdict.

Examples

>>> json.dumps({'path': Path('/home/user/file.txt')}, cls=EnhancedJSONEncoder)
'{"path": "/home/user/file.txt"}'

Signature

class EnhancedJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder): ...

EnhancedJSONEncoder().default

Show source in file.py:355

Convert unhandled objects for JSON serialization.

Arguments

• o Any - The object to serialize.

Returns

• Any - The serialized object.

Signature

def default(self, o: Any) -> Any: ...

File

Show source in file.py:453

A class representing a file with its path, type, and encoding.

Arguments

path (Path | str): The file path. file_type (FileType | str | None, optional): The file type or extension. If None, it will be inferred from the file extension. Defaults to None. - encoding str, optional - The file encoding. Defaults to "utf-8".

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> file.path
PosixPath('data.csv')
>>> file.type
<FileType.CSV: 'csv'>
>>> file.encoding
'utf-8'

Signature

class File:
    def __init__(
        self,
        path: Path | str,
        file_type: FileType | str | None = None,
        encoding: str = "utf-8",
    ) -> None: ...

File().date

Show source in file.py:544

Return the last modification time of the file as a timestamp.

Returns

• datetime.datetime - The last modification time as a datetime object.

Raises

• FileNotFoundError - If the file does not exist.

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> file.date()
datetime.datetime(2024, 6, 1, 12, 0, 0)  # Example modification time

Signature

def date(self) -> datetime.datetime: ...

File().delete

Show source in file.py:713

Delete the file.

Arguments

• throw bool, optional - Whether to throw exceptions on errors. Defaults to True.

Raises

• FileNotFoundError - If the file does not exist and throw is True.
• IOError - If there is an error deleting the file.

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> file.delete()

Signature

def delete(self, throw: bool = True) -> None: ...

File().encoding

Show source in file.py:514

Return the file encoding.

Returns

• str - The file encoding.

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> file.encoding
'utf-8'

Signature

@property
def encoding(self) -> str: ...

File().exists

Show source in file.py:528

Check if the file exists.

Returns

• bool - True if the file exists, False otherwise.

Examples

>>> file = File('nonexistent_file.txt')
>>> file.exists()
False  # Assuming nonexistent_file.txt does not exist yet
>>> file = File('existing_file.txt')
>>> file.exists()
True  # Assuming existing_file.txt exists

Signature

def exists(self) -> bool: ...

File().open

Show source in file.py:734

Open the file with the appropriate mode and encoding.

If the mode includes writing, ensure the parent directory exists.

Arguments

• mode str, optional - The mode to open the file. Defaults to "r".

Returns

• IO[Any] - The opened file object.

Raises

• IOError - If there is an error opening the file.

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> with file.open('w') as f:
...     f.write('new content')
>>> with file.open() as f:
...     content = f.read()

Signature

def open(self, mode: str = "r") -> IO[Any]: ...

File().path

Show source in file.py:486

Return the file path.

Returns

• Path - The file path.

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> file.path
PosixPath('data.csv')

Signature

@property
def path(self) -> Path: ...

File().read

Show source in file.py:576

Read the file content.

Arguments

• throw bool, optional - Whether to throw exceptions on errors. Defaults to True.

Returns

Any | None: The content of the file, with respect to its type, or None if the file does not exist or cannot be read.

Raises

• FileNotFoundError - If the file does not exist and throw is True.
• IOError - If there is an error reading the file.

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> file.read()
[{'col1': '1', 'col2': '2'}, {'col1': '3', 'col2': '4'}]  # Example CSV content
>>> file = File('data.json')
>>> file.read()
{'key': 'value', 'items': [1, 2, 3]}  # Example JSON content
>>> file = File('note.txt')
>>> file.read()
'hello world'  # Example text content
>>> file = File('nonexistent_file.txt')
>>> file.read(False)
None  # Assuming nonexistent_file.txt does not exist yet
>>> file.read()
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
FileNotFoundError: The file nonexistent_file.txt does not exist.

Signature

def read(self, throw: bool = True) -> Any | None: ...

File().readlines

Show source in file.py:634

Read the file content as lines.

Arguments

• throw bool, optional - Whether to throw exceptions on errors. Defaults to True.

Returns

• Iterator - An iterator over the lines of the file, or an empty iterator if the file does not exist or cannot be read.

Raises

• FileNotFoundError - If the file does not exist and throw is True.
• IOError - If there is an error reading the file.

Examples

>>> file = File('note.txt')
>>> for line in file.readlines():
...     print(line)
hello world  # Example content of note.txt

Signature

def readlines(self, throw: bool = True) -> Iterator: ...

File().size

Show source in file.py:561

Return the size of the file in bytes.

Returns

• int - The size of the file in bytes.

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> file.size()
1024  # Example size in bytes

Signature

def size(self) -> int: ...

File().type

Show source in file.py:500

Return the file type.

Returns

• FileType - The file type.

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> file.type
<FileType.CSV: 'csv'>

Signature

@property
def type(self) -> FileType: ...

See also

• FileType

File().write

Show source in file.py:672

Write content to the file.

Ensures the parent directory exists before writing.

Arguments

• content Any - The content to write to the file. The type of content should match the file type (e.g., list of dicts for CSV, dict for JSON, string for text).
• throw bool, optional - Whether to throw exceptions on errors. Defaults to True.

Raises

• IOError - If there is an error writing to the file.

Examples

>>> file = File('data.csv')
>>> file.write([{'col1': '1', 'col2': '2'}, {'col1': '3', 'col2': '4'}])
>>> file = File('data.json')
>>> file.write({'key': 'value', 'items': [1, 2, 3]})
>>> file = File('note.txt')
>>> file.write('hello world')

Signature

def write(self, content: Any, throw: bool = True) -> None: ...

FileType

Show source in file.py:411

Enumeration of file types.

Signature

class FileType(Enum): ...

FileType.get

Show source in file.py:418

Get the FileType from a file extension or type string.

Unknown types default to TEXT.

Arguments

file_type (FileType | str): The file extension (e.g., ".csv", ".json", ".txt"), or the file type string (e.g., "csv", "json", "txt"). If a FileType enum member is passed, it will be returned as is.

Returns

• FileType - The corresponding FileType enum member.

Examples

>>> FileType.get(".csv")
<FileType.CSV: 'csv'>
>>> FileType.get(".json")
<FileType.JSON: 'json'>
>>> FileType.get(".txt")
<FileType.TEXT: 'txt'>
>>> FileType.get(".log")
<FileType.TEXT: 'txt'>
>>> FileType.get(FileType.CSV)
<FileType.CSV: 'csv'>

Signature

@classmethod
def get(cls, file_type: FileType | str) -> FileType: ...

ensure_directory

Show source in file.py:28

Ensure that the directory for the given path exists.

Arguments

path (Path | str): The file path for which to ensure the directory exists.

Examples

>>> ensure_directory('data/archive.csv')
>>> Path('data').exists()
True

Signature

def ensure_directory(path: Path | str) -> None: ...

fetch_content

Show source in file.py:75

Fetch content from a URL.

Arguments

• url str - The URL to fetch content from.
• binary bool, optional - Whether to return content as bytes. Defaults to False. timeout (int | tuple, optional): Timeout for the request. Defaults to (6, 30).
• **kwargs - Additional arguments to pass to requests

Returns

str | bytes: The content fetched from the URL.

Raises

• requests.RequestException - If the request fails.

Examples

>>> content = fetch_content('https://example.com/data.txt')
>>> print(content)
'...'
>>> binary_content = fetch_content('https://example.com/image.png', binary=True)
>>> print(binary_content)
b'...'

Signature

def fetch_content(
    url: str, binary: bool = False, timeout: int | tuple = (6, 30), **kwargs
) -> str | bytes: ...

get_cache_path

Show source in file.py:44

Return the cache path, optionally creating it.

Arguments

folder (Path | str, optional): A subpath within the cache directory. Defaults to None. - create bool, optional - Whether to create the directory if it does not exist. Defaults to False.

Returns

• Path - The cache path.

Raises

• OSError - If the directory cannot be created.

Examples

>>> get_cache_path()
PosixPath('/home/user/.cache')
>>> get_cache_path('data', create=True)
PosixPath('/home/user/.cache/data')

Signature

def get_cache_path(folder: Path | str = None, create: bool = False) -> Path: ...

read_csv_file

Show source in file.py:173

Read a CSV file and return its content.

Arguments

• file IO[str] - The file object to read from. It must be opened in text mode.
• dialect str, optional - The CSV dialect to use. If "auto", it will be auto-detected. Defaults to "auto".
• iterator bool, optional - If True, returns an iterator instead of a list. Defaults to False.
• sample_size int, optional - The number of bytes to read for auto-detecting the CSV dialect. Defaults to CSV_SAMPLE_SIZE.
• max_tries int, optional - The maximum number of attempts to auto-detect the CSV dialect. Defaults to CSV_MAX_TRIES.
• **kwargs - Additional arguments to pass to csv.DictReader or csv.reader.

Returns

Iterable[dict | list]: An iterable of rows as dictionaries or lists.

Raises

• csv.Error - If there is an error reading the CSV file.

Examples

>>> with open('data.csv', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
...     rows = read_csv_file(f)
>>> for row in rows:
...     print(row)
{'col1': '1', 'col2': '2'}
{'col1': '3', 'col2': '4'}
>>> with open('data.csv', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
...     rows = read_csv_file(f, fieldnames=False)
>>> for row in rows:
...     print(row)
['col1', 'col2']
['1', '2']
['3', '4']
>>> with open('data.csv', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
...     rows_iter = read_csv_file(f, iterator=True)
>>> for row in rows_iter:
...     print(row)
{'col1': '1', 'col2': '2'}
{'col1': '3', 'col2': '4'}

Signature

def read_csv_file(
    file: IO[str],
    dialect: str = "auto",
    iterator: bool = False,
    sample_size: int = CSV_SAMPLE_SIZE,
    max_tries: int = CSV_MAX_TRIES,
    **kwargs
) -> Iterable[dict | list]: ...

See also

• CSV_MAX_TRIES
• CSV_SAMPLE_SIZE

read_zip_file

Show source in file.py:108

Read a specific file from a ZIP archive in memory.

Arguments

• file IO[bytes] - The file object of the ZIP archive. It must be opened in binary mode.
• filename str, optional - The exact filename to extract. Defaults to None.
• ext str, optional - The file extension to filter by if filename is not provided. Defaults to None. encoding (str | None, optional): The encoding to decode the file content. If None, returns bytes. Defaults to None. decoding_errors (Literal["ignore", "strict", "replace"], optional): The error handling scheme for decoding. Defaults to "ignore".

Returns

bytes | str: The content of the extracted file.

Raises

• FileNotFoundError - If no file matches the given criteria.

Examples

>>> with open('archive.zip', 'rb') as f:
...     content = read_zip_file(f, filename='data.csv', encoding='utf-8')
>>> print(content)
'col1,col2\n1,2\n3,4'
>>> with open('archive.zip', 'rb') as f:
...     content = read_zip_file(f, ext='.json')
>>> print(content)
b'{"key": "value"}'

Signature

def read_zip_file(
    file: IO[bytes],
    filename: str = None,
    ext: str = None,
    encoding: str | None = None,
    decoding_errors: Literal["ignore", "strict", "replace"] = "ignore",
) -> bytes | str: ...

to_csv_row

Show source in file.py:250

Convert data to a format suitable for CSV writing.

It supports dicts and lists directly, and also checks for to_csv or to_dict methods on the data object. If the data object is a dataclass, it will be converted to a dict using asdict. If the data cannot be converted, a TypeError is raised.

Arguments

• Data Any - The data to convert.

Returns

dict | list: The converted row, as a dictionary or list.

Raises

• TypeError - If the row cannot be converted to a dict or list.

Examples

>>> to_csv_row({'key': 'value'})
{'key': 'value'}
>>> class Custom:
...     def to_csv(self):
...         return {'custom': 'value'}
>>> to_csv_row(Custom())
{'custom': 'value'}
>>> class AnotherCustom:
...     def to_dict(self):
...         return {'another': 'value'}
>>> to_csv_row(AnotherCustom())
{'another': 'value'}
>>> to_csv_row('invalid')
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
TypeError: Data items must be dicts, lists, or have a to_csv or to_dict method.

Signature

def to_csv_row(data: Any) -> dict | list: ...

write_csv_file

Show source in file.py:295

Write data to a CSV file.

Arguments

• file IO[str] - The file object to write to. It must be opened in text mode. data (Iterable[dict | list]): The data to write, as an iterable of dictionaries or lists. fieldnames (list[str] | None, optional): The field names to use if data is an iterable of dictionaries. If None, field names will be inferred from the first dictionary. Defaults to None.
• dialect str, optional - The CSV dialect to use. Defaults to "excel".
• header bool, optional - Whether to write the header row. Defaults to True.
• **kwargs - Additional arguments to pass to csv.DictWriter or csv.writer.

Raises

• csv.Error - If there is an error writing to the CSV file.
• TypeError - If the data items cannot be converted to dicts or lists.

Examples

>>> with open('output.csv', 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='') as f:
...     write_csv_file(f, [{'col1': '1', 'col2': '2'}, {'col1': '3', 'col2': '4'}])
>>> with open('output.csv', 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='') as f:
...     write_csv_file(f, [['col1', 'col2'], ['1', '2'], ['3', '4']])

Signature

def write_csv_file(
    file: IO[str],
    data: Iterable[dict | list],
    fieldnames: list[str] | None = None,
    dialect: str = "excel",
    header: bool = True,
    **kwargs
) -> None: ...

write_json_file

Show source in file.py:377

Write data to a JSON file.

Arguments

• file IO[str] - The file object to write to. It must be opened in text mode.
• Data Any - The data to write to the JSON file. indent (int | str | None, optional): The indentation level for pretty-printing the JSON data. Defaults to None.
• ensure_ascii bool, optional - Whether to escape non-ASCII characters. Defaults to False.
• **kwargs - Additional arguments to pass to json.dump.

Raises

• TypeError - If the data cannot be serialized to JSON.

Examples

>>> with open('output.json', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
...     write_json_file(f, {'key': 'value'})

Signature

def write_json_file(
    file: IO[str],
    data: Any,
    indent: int | str | None = None,
    ensure_ascii: bool = False,
    **kwargs
) -> None: ...