context_temp

Context Manager wrappers for temp files and directories which remove the file or directory when when the manager goes out of scope.

Installation

$ pip install context_temp

Supports

context_temp has been tested with Python 2.7, 3.6, 3.7

Methods

context_temp.temp_directory(*args, **kwds)

This Context Manager creates a temporary directory and yields its path. Upon exit the directory is removed.

Parameters:path – optional path for the creation of the directory, otherwise defaults to operating system’s default temp file location

Example:

with temp_directory() as td:
    filename = os.path.join(td, 'foo.txt')
    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
        f.write('stuff')

# got here? => td is now gone, foo.txt is gone too
context_temp.temp_file(*args, **kwds)

This Context Manager creates a temporary file which is readable and writable by the current user and yields its path. Once the Context exits, the file is removed.

Parameters:path – optional path for the creation of the file, otherwise defaults to operating system’s default temp file location

Example:

with temp_file() as filename:
    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
        f.write('stuff')
        
# got here? => file called "filename" is now gone

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