net-file 1.1.6

Ranged read file access abstraction.

Net-file ranged read file access abstraction library

net-file allows you to access files by URL the same way for different types of storage:

• local files
• files served by http(s) servers like Nginx
• files on SFTP
• ...

Second major feature of net-file is ranged access. So you can download only part of file starting from arbitrary position.

API

    open_url(
        url: str,                   # File URL. For local file use file:///absolute/file/path
        start_bytes: int = None,    # For ranged access - the beginning of the range
        length: int = None          # For ranged access - range length
    ) -> NetFile

Opens URL returning NetFile object. To read from file use context manager or open() / close() methods pair of NetFile object:

    with open_url(
            url='http://test.domain/example.mp4',
            start_bytes=10000,
            length=20000,
    ) as open_file:
        content = open_file.read()
        while content:
            content = open_file.read()