general_tools package

Submodules

general_tools.file_utils module

general_tools.file_utils.add_contents_to_zip(zip_file, path)

Zip the contents of <path> into <zip_file>.

Parameters:

• zip_file (str|unicode) – The file name of the zip file
• path (str|unicode) – Full path of the directory to zip up

general_tools.file_utils.add_file_to_zip(zip_file, file_name, arc_name=None, compress_type=None)

Zip <file_name> into <zip_file> as <arc_name>.

Parameters:

• zip_file (str|unicode) – The file name of the zip file
• file_name (str|unicode) – The name of the file to add, including the path
• arc_name (str|unicode) – The new name, with directories, of the file, the same as filename if not given
• compress_type (str|unicode) –

general_tools.file_utils.copy_tree(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None)

Recursively copy a directory and all subdirectories.

Parameters same as shutil.copytree

Parameters:

• src –
• dst –
• symlinks –
• ignore –

Returns:

general_tools.file_utils.get_files(dir, relative_paths=False, include_directories=False, topdown=False)

general_tools.file_utils.get_mime_type(path)

general_tools.file_utils.get_subdirs(dir, relative_paths=False, topdown=False)

general_tools.file_utils.load_json_object(file_name, default=None)

Deserialized <file_name> into a Python object.

Parameters:

• file_name (str|unicode) – The name of the file to read
• default – The value to return if the file is not found

general_tools.file_utils.make_dir(dir_name, linux_mode=493, error_if_not_writable=False)

Creates a directory, if it doesn’t exist already.

If the directory does exist, and <error_if_not_writable> is True, the directory will be checked for writability.

Parameters:

• dir_name (str|unicode) – The name of the directory to create
• linux_mode (int) – The mode/permissions to set for the new directory expressed as an octal integer (ex. 0o755)
• error_if_not_writable (bool) – The name of the file to read

general_tools.file_utils.read_file(file_name, encoding=u'utf-8-sig')

general_tools.file_utils.remove(file_path, ignore_errors=True)

general_tools.file_utils.remove_tree(dir_path, ignore_errors=True)

general_tools.file_utils.unzip(source_file, destination_dir)

Unzips <source_file> into <destination_dir>.

Parameters:

• source_file (str|unicode) – The name of the file to read
• destination_dir (str|unicode) – The name of the directory to write the unzipped files

general_tools.file_utils.write_file(file_name, file_contents, indent=None)

Writes the <file_contents> to <file_name>.

If <file_contents> is not a string, it is serialized as JSON.

Parameters:

• file_name (str|unicode) – The name of the file to write
• file_contents (str|unicode|object) – The string to write or the object to serialize
• indent (int) – Specify a value if you want the output formatted to be more easily readable

general_tools.print_utils module

general_tools.print_utils.print_error(error_msg, indent=0)

general_tools.print_utils.print_notice(notice_msg, indent=0)

general_tools.print_utils.print_ok(ok_header, ok_message, indent=0)

general_tools.print_utils.print_warning(warning_msg, indent=0)

general_tools.print_utils.print_with_header(header, message, color, indent=0)

Use one of the functions below for printing, not this one.

general_tools.smartquotes module

general_tools.smartquotes.smartquotes(text)

Runs text through pandoc for smartquote correction.

This script accepts a paragraph of input and outputs typographically correct text using pandoc. Note line breaks are not retained.

general_tools.url_utils module

general_tools.url_utils.clean_url_segment(segment)

general_tools.url_utils.download_file(url, outfile)

Downloads a file and saves it.

general_tools.url_utils.get_languages()

Returns an array of over 7000 dictionaries.

Structure: [

{

cc: [“DJ”, “US”, “CA”], pk: 2, lr: “Africa”, ln: “Afaraf”, ang: “Afar”, gw: false, ld: “ltr”, alt: [“Afaraf”, “Danakil”], lc: aa

]

general_tools.url_utils.get_url(url, catch_exception=False)

Parameters:

• url (str|unicode) – URL to open
• catch_exception (bool) – If <True> catches all exceptions and returns <False>

general_tools.url_utils.join_url_parts(*args)

Joins a list of segments into a URL-like string.

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