pathshandler

The people you works with use a different operating system than you ? Or they store the project you are working on together in a different location on their computer ?

This package attributes a given name to a desired path, so each member of a team can refer to a similar name while directing to different paths specific to each computer.

Main features

• Paths naming.

• Queries on files and folders.

Installation or upgrade

To install pathshandler, use:

 pip install pathshandler

To upgrade from an older version, use:

 pip install --upgrade pathshandler

Quick usage example

import pathshandler as ph

# store a path inside the config file
ph.register_path('notebooks', '/home/john/Documents/projects/notebooks')

# retrieve the path
path_notebooks = ph.get_path('notebooks')

# search for all files containing the expression 'experimentB' in the folder attributed to the name 'notebooks'
wanted_files = ph.search(name='notebooks', pattern='experimentB', category='files') 

API Reference

Function	Description
get_path()	Return the path corresponding to the given name
load_config()	Return the content of paths_config.json which contains the names and the corresponding paths
register_path()	Add a path and its corresponding name inside the paths_config.json file
remove_path()	Remove a path and its corresponding name from the paths_config.json file
search()	Select files in a given folder
save_config()	Save the paths_config.json file

Further details are in the online documentation https://g-patin.github.io/pathshandler/.