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Create and recursively fill a temporary directory

Project description

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

tdir is a context manager and decorator that runs functions or test

suites in a temporary directory filled with files

fill recursively fills a directory (temporary or not)

EXAMPLE: as a context manager

import tdir

with 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

from pathlib import Path
import unittest

@tdir
def my_function():
    # Do some work in a temporary directory


# Decorate a TestCase 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'

    def test_something_else(self):
        assert Path('foo').read_text() = 'bar\n'


# Decorate single test in a unitttest
class MyTest2(unittest.TestCast):
    @tdir(foo='bar', baz=bytes(range(4)))  # binary files are possible
    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() != self.ORIGINAL_PATH

    ORIGINAL_PATH = Path().absolute()

API

Class tdir.tdir`

(tdir.py, 81-149)

Set up a temporary directory, fill it with files, then tear it down at the end of an operation.

tdir can be used either as a context manager, or a decorator that works on functions or classes.

ARGUMENTS
args, kwargs:

Files to put into the temporary directory. See the documentation for tdir.fill()

cwd:

If True (the default), change the working directory to the tdir at the start of the operation and restore the original working directory at the end.

methods:

Which methods on classes to decorate. See https://github.com/rec/dek/blob/master/README.rst#dekdekdecorator-deferfalse-methodsnone

tdir.tdir.__new__(cls, *args, cwd=True, methods='test', **kwargs)

(tdir.py, 105-127)

Create and return a new object. See help(type) for accurate signature.

tdir.tdir.__enter__(self)

(tdir.py, 128-139)

tdir.tdir.__exit__(self, *args)

(tdir.py, 140-146)

tdir.tdir.__call__(self, *args, **kwargs)

(tdir.py, 147-149)

Call self as a function.

Class tdir.tdec`

(tdir.py, 81-149)

Set up a temporary directory, fill it with files, then tear it down at the end of an operation.

tdir can be used either as a context manager, or a decorator that works on functions or classes.

ARGUMENTS
args, kwargs:

Files to put into the temporary directory. See the documentation for tdir.fill()

cwd:

If True (the default), change the working directory to the tdir at the start of the operation and restore the original working directory at the end.

methods:

Which methods on classes to decorate. See https://github.com/rec/dek/blob/master/README.rst#dekdekdecorator-deferfalse-methodsnone

tdir.tdec.__new__(cls, *args, cwd=True, methods='test', **kwargs)

(tdir.py, 105-127)

Create and return a new object. See help(type) for accurate signature.

tdir.tdec.__enter__(self)

(tdir.py, 128-139)

tdir.tdec.__exit__(self, *args)

(tdir.py, 140-146)

tdir.tdec.__call__(self, *args, **kwargs)

(tdir.py, 147-149)

Call self as a function.

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

(tdir.py, 154-216)

Recursively fills 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 2020-07-10T16:03:56.532666)

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