tdir 0.11.2

Create and recursively fill a temporary directory

Creates a temporary directory using tempfile.TemporaryDirectory and then populates it with files. Great for tests!

• tdir is a context manager that runs in a populated temporary directory

• tdec is a decorator to run functions or test suites in a populated temporary directory

• fill recursively fills a directory (temporary or not)

EXAMPLE: to temporarily create a directory structure

import tdir

with tdir.tdir(
    'one.txt', 'two.txt',
    three='some information',
    four=Path('/some/existing/file'),
    subdirectory1={
        'file.txt': 'blank lines\n\n\n\n',
        'subdirectory': ['a', 'b', 'c']
    },
):

EXAMPLE: as a decorator for tests

from pathlib import Path
import tdir
import unittest

CWD = Path().absolute()


# Decorate a whole class so each test runs in a new temporary directory
@tdir('a', foo='bar')
class MyTest(unittest.TestCast):
    def test_something(self):
        assert Path('a').read_text() = 'a\n'
        assert Path('foo').read_text() = 'bar\n'


# Decorate single tests
class MyTest(unittest.TestCast):
    @tdir(foo='bar', baz=bytes(range(4)))
    def test_something(self):
        assert Path('foo').read_text() = 'bar\n'
        assert Path('baz').read_bytes() = bytes(range(4)))

    # Run in an empty temporary directory
    @tdir
    def test_something_else(self):
        assert not Path('a').exists()
        assert Path().absolute() != CWD

API

tdir.tdir(*args, cwd=True, **kwargs)

(tdir.py, 75-108)

A context manager to create and fill a temporary directory.

ARGUMENTS

args:

A list of strings or dictionaries. For strings, a file is created with that string as name and contents. For dictionaries, the contents are used to recursively create and fill the directory.

cwd:

If true, change the working directory to the temp dir at the start of the context and restore the original working directory at the end.

kwargs:

A dictionary mapping file or directory names to values. If the key’s value is a string it is used to file a file of that name. If it’s a dictionary, its contents are used to recursively create and fill a subdirectory.

tdir.tdec(*args, **kwargs)

(tdir.py, 110-167)

Decorate a function or unittest.TestCase so it runs in a populated temporary directory.

If tdec() has exactly one callable argument, either a function or a class, tdec() decorates it to run in an empty temporary directory.

Otherwise, tdec() returns a decorator which decorates a function or class to run a temporary directory populated with entries from args and kwargs/

ARGUMENTS

args:

Either a single callable, or a list of strings or dictionaries. For strings, a file is created with that string as name and contents. For dictionaries, the contents are used to recursively create and fill the directory.

cwd:

If true, change the working directory to the temp dir at the start of the context and restore the original working directory at the end.

kwargs:

A dictionary mapping file or directory names to values. If the key’s value is a string it is used to file a file of that name. If it’s a dictionary, its contents are used to recursively create and fill a subdirectory.

tdir.fill(root, *args, **kwargs)

(tdir.py, 169-231)

Recursively populate a directory.

ARGUMENTS

root:

The root directory to fill

args:

A list of strings, dictionaries or Paths.

For strings, a file is created with that string as name and contents.

For dictionaries, the contents are used to recursively create and fill the directory.

For Paths, the file is copied into the target directory

kwargs:

A dictionary mapping file or directory names to values.

If the key’s value is a string it is used to file a file of that name.

If it’s a dictionary, its contents are used to recursively create and fill a subdirectory.

If it’s a Path, that file is copied to the target directory.

(automatically generated by doks on 2020-06-29T20:14:56.309818)