Skip to content

Returns:

Type Description
FileData

JSON, or an iterator of JSON records, if the file is JSON Lines

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
path FilePath

the string or path to the file to read

 required
Source code in fil/fil.py 
42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
 
def read(path: FilePath) -> FileData:  """  Reads data from a file based on its suffix  Returns:  JSON, or an iterator of JSON records, if the file is JSON Lines  Args:  path: the string or path to the file to read  """ p = Path(path) return _get_class(p).read(p)

Writes data to a file with a format based on the file's suffix.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
data FileData

JSON, or an iterator of JSON records, if the file is JSON Lines

 required
path FilePath

the string or path to the file to read

 required
use_safer Optional[bool]

whether to use the safer module to avoid writing incomplete files. The default, None means to use safer on all files except for JSON Line files, where you want each line to be immediately written as it appears, and a partial file saved if there is a crash

 None
kwargs Dict

named arguments passed to the underlying writer

 {}
Source code in fil/fil.py 
56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
 
def write( data: FileData, path: FilePath, *, use_safer: Optional[bool] = None, **kwargs: Dict, ) -> None:  """  Writes data to a file with a format based on the file's suffix.  Args:  data: JSON, or an iterator of JSON records, if the file is JSON Lines  path: the string or path to the file to read  use_safer: whether to use the safer module to avoid writing incomplete  files. The default, `None` means to use `safer` on all files *except*  for JSON Line files, where you want each line to be immediately written  as it appears, and a partial file saved if there is a crash  kwargs: named arguments passed to the underlying writer  """ p = Path(path) return _get_class(p).write(data, p, use_safer=use_safer, **kwargs)

About this project