Quickdir 0.0.1

A package to create complex directories in single step using JSON objects.

Quickdir

JSON object to quick directory creator using python.

Installation

pip install Quickdir

Usage

In Json object structure, terminating values has to be supplied to end(leaf) nodes in dir structure. Supply 1 if it ends with a file, 0 if it ends with a folder.

json = {"folder": {
                "subfolder": {
                        "subsubfolder": 0,
                        "file.txt": 1
                    }
         }

Creating directories using Quickdir object

from Quickdir import Quickdir

# create object of Quickdir class 
quick = Quickdir("Quickdir")

# give custom path instead of 'Quickdir' if required
quick2 = Quickdir("S:/Files")

# create your dir structure as dict/json
x = {"root": {
    "folder1":{
        "subfolder1":0,
        "file1.txt": 1
        }
    }
}


# make directories
quick.make(x)

Applications

Example 1: HTML project

html = {"root": {
                "logs": {
                        "test": 0,
                        "log.txt": 1
                    },
                "css" : {
                        "style.css" : 1,
                        "bootstrap.css": 1
                    },
                "js": {
                        "mainFunction.js":1,
                        "bootstrap.js":1,
                        "jquery.js":1
                    },
                "common":{
                        "navbar.html" :1,
                        "footer.html" :1
                    },
                "Readme.md": 1,
                "fonts": {
                    "sample.txt" :1
                  },
                "img": 0,
                "index.html":1

        } 
    }

Example 2: Creating directory structure for a College course.

college = {"CSE420": {
                "cat1": {
                        "alternate material": 0,
                        "notes.txt": 1
                    },
                "cat2": {
                        "alternate material": 0,
                        "notes.txt": 1
                    },
                "lab" : {
                        "1":0,
                        "2":0, 
                        "3":0,
                        "4":0,
                        "5":0,
                        "midterm":0,
                        "labfat":0,
                        "notes.txt": 1
                    },
                "DA": {
                        "1":0,
                        "2":0
                    },
                "FAT":{
                        "notes.txt" :1
                    },
                "project": {
                        "review 1": 0,
                        "review 2": 0,
                        "review 3": 0,
                        "code": {
                                  "test.py":1  
                        }
                    },

                "syllabus": 0

        } 
    }

Accessing premade application templates

from Quickdir import config

# college
x = config.college

# html
x = config.html

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT

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