Python Documentation: entree.utils

module name

entree.utils

DESCRIPTION

.. module:: entree.utils
.. moduleauthor:: Julien Spronck
.. created:: Feb 2018

Simple module to create files and directories in a programming project

dependent modules

fnmatch
jinja2
json
os
time
zipfile

variables

CONFIG_DIR
CONFIG_FILE_NAME

functions

copy_file_structure(rootdir, path, replace=None, files_to_ignore=None, partial=None, zipf=None, template_root=None)

Walks through the file structure and copy all directories and files.

Args:
    rootdir (str): the root directory where the files will be copied to
    path (str): the path to walk through and reproduce

Keyword args:
    replace (dict, default=None): dictionary for file name replacement.
        Keys are old file names and values are new file names.
    files_to_ignore (list, default=None): list of file names to ignore.
    partial (list, default=None): list of paths for a partial build.
        Only the paths in the lists will be created.
    zipf (zipfile.ZipFile, default=None)
    template_root (str, default=None): the path to the project template
    directory
    **kwargs: dictionary containing the variables for templating

create_dirs(rootdir)

Creates directories

Args:
    rootdir (str): the root directory
    dirs (str): directories to create

create_general_file(fname, file_content, zipf=None)

Creates a file.

Args:
    fname (str): file name
    file_content (iterator): generator/iterator containing
        the file content.

Keyword args:
    zipf (zipfile.ZipFile, default=None)

create_single_file(rootdir, newfilename, template_path, zipf=None)

Creates a single file from a template.

Args:
    rootdir (str): the root directory where the file will be created
    newfilename (str): name of the new file
    template_path (str): the path for the template file

Keyword args:
    zipf (zipfile.ZipFile, default=None)
    **kwargs: dictionary containing the variables for templating

filemap(files, replace=None)

Mapping between file/dir names and their template
for testing purposes.

get_all_dirs_and_files(rootdir, basename='', files_to_ignore=None)
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Get all path names for template directories
    
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get_config_dir()

Returns path for the config directory.

get_config_file()
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Returns path of the config file.
    
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get_config_param(param, value=None, project_type=None)

Gets a specific parameter from the config file

Args:
    param: the name of the parameter to get from the config file

Keyword Args:
    value (default=None): default value for the parameter if not found
        in the config file
    project_type (str, default=None): project type for project-specific
        configuration

Returns:
    config parameter

read_config()

Reads the config file

Returns:
    config: dict containing the configuration

render_template(filename)

Renders a template file given the variables defined in kwargs

Args:
    filename (str): the filename

Keyword args:
    **kwargs: dictionary containing the variables needed in the template

Returns:
    string containing the content of the file after templating

replace_pathname(pathname, replace=None)

Replaces a directory name based on patterns defined in a dictionary

Args:
    replace (dict, default=None): dictionary with replacement patterns

Returns:
    new directory name (str)

set_config(overwrite=False)

Sets the config parameters

Keyword Args:
    overwrite (bool, default=False): Set to True to overwrite an existing
        config file.
    **config: all other keyword args will be used
        as config parameters in the config file.

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