Source code for astropy.utils.data

# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
""" This module contains helper functions for accessing, downloading, and
caching data files.
"""

from __future__ import division

import os
import io
import sys
import atexit
import contextlib
import urllib2

from ..config.configuration import ConfigurationItem

__all__ = ['get_readable_fileobj', 'get_file_contents', 'get_pkg_data_fileobj',
           'get_pkg_data_filename', 'get_pkg_data_contents',
           'get_pkg_data_fileobjs', 'get_pkg_data_filenames', 'compute_hash',
           'clear_download_cache', 'CacheMissingWarning', 'download_file']

DATAURL = ConfigurationItem(
    'dataurl', 'http://data.astropy.org/', 'URL for astropy remote data site.')
REMOTE_TIMEOUT = ConfigurationItem(
    'remote_timeout', 3., 'Time to wait for remote data query (in seconds).')
COMPUTE_HASH_BLOCK_SIZE = ConfigurationItem(
    'hash_block_size', 2 ** 16,  # 64K
    'Block size for computing MD5 file hashes.')
DOWNLOAD_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE = ConfigurationItem(
    'download_block_size', 2 ** 16,  # 64K
    'Number of bytes of remote data to download per step.')
DOWNLOAD_CACHE_LOCK_ATTEMPTS = ConfigurationItem(
    'download_cache_lock_attempts', 3, 'Number of times to try to get the lock ' +
    'while accessing the data cache before giving up.')
DELETE_TEMPORARY_DOWNLOADS_AT_EXIT = ConfigurationItem(
    'delete_temporary_downloads_at_exit', True, 'If True, temporary download' +
    ' files created when the cache is inacessible will be deleted at the end' +
    ' of the python session.')


PY3K = sys.version_info[0] >= 3


[docs]class CacheMissingWarning(Warning): """ This warning indicates the standard cache directory is not accessible, with the first argument providing the warning message. If args[1] is present, it is a filename indicating the path to a temporary file that was created to store a remote data download in the absence of the cache. """
def _is_url(string): """ Test whether a string is a valid URL Parameters ---------- string : str The string to test """ from urlparse import urlparse url = urlparse(string) # url[0]==url.scheme, but url[0] is py 2.6-compat # we can't just check that url[0] is not an empty string, because # file paths in windows would return a non-empty scheme (e.g. e:\\ # returns 'e'). return url[0].lower() in ['http', 'https', 'ftp'] @contextlib.contextmanager
[docs]def get_readable_fileobj(name_or_obj, encoding=None, cache=False): """ Given a filename or a readable file-like object, return a context manager that yields a readable file-like object. This supports passing filenames, URLs, and readable file-like objects, any of which can be compressed in gzip or bzip2. Notes ----- This function is a context manager, and should be used for example as:: with get_readable_fileobj('file.dat') as f: contents = f.read() Parameters ---------- name_or_obj : str or file-like object The filename of the file to access (if given as a string), or the file-like object to access. If a file-like object, it must be opened in binary mode. encoding : str, optional When `None` (default), returns a file-like object with a `read` method that on Python 2.x returns `bytes` objects and on Python 3.x returns `str` (`unicode`) objects, using `locale.getpreferredencoding()` as an encoding. This matches the default behavior of the built-in `open` when no `mode` argument is provided. When `'binary'`, returns a file-like object where its `read` method returns `bytes` objects. When another string, it is the name of an encoding, and the file-like object's `read` method will return `str` (`unicode`) objects, decoded from binary using the given encoding. cache : bool, optional Whether to cache the contents of remote URLs """ import tempfile # close_fds is a list of file handles created by this function # that need to be closed. We don't want to always just close the # returned file handle, because it may simply be the file handle # passed in. In that case it is not the responsibility of this # function to close it: doing so could result in a "double close" # and an "invalid file descriptor" exception. close_fds = [] delete_fds = [] # Get a file object to the content if isinstance(name_or_obj, basestring): if _is_url(name_or_obj): name_or_obj = download_file(name_or_obj, cache=cache) if PY3K: fileobj = io.FileIO(name_or_obj, 'r') else: fileobj = open(name_or_obj, 'rb') close_fds.append(fileobj) else: fileobj = name_or_obj # Check if the file object supports random access, and if not, # then wrap it in a BytesIO buffer. It would be nicer to use a # BufferedReader to avoid reading loading the whole file first, # but that is not compatible with streams or urllib2.urlopen # objects on Python 2.x. if not hasattr(fileobj, 'seek'): fileobj = io.BytesIO(fileobj.read()) # Now read enough bytes to look at signature signature = fileobj.read(4) fileobj.seek(0) if signature[:3] == b'\x1f\x8b\x08': # gzip import struct try: from .compat import gzip fileobj_new = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=fileobj, mode='rb') fileobj_new.read(1) # need to check that the file is really gzip except IOError: # invalid gzip file fileobj.seek(0) fileobj_new.close() except struct.error: # invalid gzip file on Python 3 fileobj.seek(0) fileobj_new.close() else: fileobj_new.seek(0) fileobj = fileobj_new elif signature[:3] == b'BZh': # bzip2 try: # bz2.BZ2File does not support file objects, only filenames, so we # need to write the data to a temporary file tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("wb", delete=False) tmp.write(fileobj.read()) tmp.close() delete_fds.append(tmp) import bz2 fileobj_new = bz2.BZ2File(tmp.name, mode='rb') fileobj_new.read(1) # need to check that the file is really bzip2 except IOError: # invalid bzip2 file fileobj.seek(0) fileobj_new.close() else: fileobj_new.seek(0) close_fds.append(fileobj_new) fileobj = fileobj_new # By this point, we have a file, io.FileIO, gzip.GzipFile, or # bz2.BZ2File instance opened in binary mode (that is, read # returns bytes). Now we need to, if requested, wrap it in a # io.TextIOWrapper so read will return unicode based on the # encoding parameter. if PY3K: needs_textio_wrapper = encoding != 'binary' else: needs_textio_wrapper = encoding != 'binary' and encoding is not None if needs_textio_wrapper: # A bz2.BZ2File can not be wrapped by a TextIOWrapper, # so we decompress it to a temporary file and then # return a handle to that. import bz2 if isinstance(fileobj, bz2.BZ2File): tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("wb", delete=False) data = fileobj.read() tmp.write(data) tmp.close() delete_fds.append(tmp) if PY3K: fileobj = io.FileIO(tmp.name, 'r') else: fileobj = open(tmp.name, 'rb') close_fds.append(fileobj) # On Python 2.x, we need to first wrap the regular `file` # instance in a `io.FileIO` object before it can be # wrapped in a `TextIOWrapper`. We don't just create an # `io.FileIO` object in the first place, because we can't # get a raw file descriptor out of it on Python 2.x, which # is required for the XML iterparser. if not PY3K and isinstance(fileobj, file): fileobj = io.FileIO(fileobj.fileno()) fileobj = io.BufferedReader(fileobj) fileobj = io.TextIOWrapper(fileobj, encoding=encoding) # Ensure that file is at the start - io.FileIO will for # example not always be at the start: # >>> import io # >>> f = open('test.fits', 'rb') # >>> f.read(4) # 'SIMP' # >>> f.seek(0) # >>> fileobj = io.FileIO(f.fileno()) # >>> fileobj.tell() # 4096L fileobj.seek(0) try: yield fileobj finally: for fd in close_fds: fd.close() for fd in delete_fds: os.remove(fd.name)
[docs]def get_file_contents(name_or_obj, encoding=None, cache=False): """ Retrieves the contents of a filename or file-like object. See the `get_readable_fileobj` docstring for details on parameters. Returns ------- content The content of the file (as requested by `encoding`). """ with get_readable_fileobj(name_or_obj, encoding, cache) as f: return f.read()
[docs]def get_pkg_data_fileobj(data_name, encoding=None, cache=True): """ Retrieves a data file from the standard locations for the package and provides the file as a file-like object that reads bytes. Parameters ---------- data_name : str Name/location of the desired data file. One of the following: * The name of a data file included in the source distribution. The path is relative to the module calling this function. For example, if calling from `astropy.pkname`, use ``'data/file.dat'`` to get the file in ``astropy/pkgname/data/file.dat``. Double-dots can be used to go up a level. In the same example, use ``'../data/file.dat'`` to get ``astropy/data/file.dat``. * If a matching local file does not exist, the Astropy data server will be queried for the file. * A hash like that produced by `compute_hash` can be requested, prefixed by 'hash/' e.g. 'hash/395dd6493cc584df1e78b474fb150840'. The hash will first be searched for locally, and if not found, the Astropy data server will be queried. encoding : str, optional When `None` (default), returns a file-like object with a `read` method that on Python 2.x returns `bytes` objects and on Python 3.x returns `str` (`unicode`) objects, using `locale.getpreferredencoding()` as an encoding. This matches the default behavior of the built-in `open` when no `mode` argument is provided. When `'binary'`, returns a file-like object where its `read` method returns `bytes` objects. When another string, it is the name of an encoding, and the file-like object's `read` method will return `str` (`unicode`) objects, decoded from binary using the given encoding. cache : bool If True, the file will be downloaded and saved locally or the already-cached local copy will be accessed. If False, the file-like object will directly access the resource (e.g. if a remote URL is accessed, an object like that from `urllib2.urlopen` is returned). Returns ------- fileobj : file-like An object with the contents of the data file available via :func:`read`. Can be used as part of a ``with`` statement, automatically closing itself after the ``with`` block. Raises ------ urllib2.URLError If a remote file cannot be found. IOError If problems occur writing or reading a local file. Examples -------- This will retrieve a data file and its contents for the `astropy.wcs` tests:: from astropy.config import get_pkg_data_fileobj with get_pkg_data_fileobj('data/3d_cd.hdr') as fobj: fcontents = fobj.read() This would download a data file from the astropy data server because the ``standards/vega.fits`` file is not present in the source distribution. It will also save the file locally so the next time it is accessed it won't need to be downloaded.:: from astropy.config import get_pkg_data_fileobj with get_pkg_data_fileobj('standards/vega.fits') as fobj: fcontents = fobj.read() This does the same thing but does *not* cache it locally:: with get_pkg_data_fileobj('standards/vega.fits', cache=False) as fobj: fcontents = fobj.read() See Also -------- get_pkg_data_contents : returns the contents of a file or url as a bytes object get_pkg_data_filename : returns a local name for a file containing the data """ datafn = _find_pkg_data_path(data_name) if os.path.isdir(datafn): raise IOError("Tried to access a data file that's actually " "a package data directory") elif os.path.isfile(datafn): # local file return get_readable_fileobj(datafn, encoding=encoding) else: # remote file return get_readable_fileobj(DATAURL() + datafn, encoding=encoding, cache=cache)
[docs]def get_pkg_data_filename(data_name): """ Retrieves a data file from the standard locations for the package and provides a local filename for the data. This function is similar to `get_pkg_data_fileobj` but returns the file *name* instead of a readable file-like object. This means that this function must always cache remote files locally, unlike `get_pkg_data_fileobj`. Parameters ---------- data_name : str Name/location of the desired data file. One of the following: * The name of a data file included in the source distribution. The path is relative to the module calling this function. For example, if calling from `astropy.pkname`, use ``'data/file.dat'`` to get the file in ``astropy/pkgname/data/file.dat``. Double-dots can be used to go up a level. In the same example, use ``'../data/file.dat'`` to get ``astropy/data/file.dat``. * If a matching local file does not exist, the Astropy data server will be queried for the file. * A hash like that produced by `compute_hash` can be requested, prefixed by 'hash/' e.g. 'hash/395dd6493cc584df1e78b474fb150840'. The hash will first be searched for locally, and if not found, the Astropy data server will be queried. Raises ------ urllib2.URLError If a remote file cannot be found. IOError If problems occur writing or reading a local file. Returns ------- filename : str A file path on the local file system corresponding to the data requested in `data_name`. Examples -------- This will retrieve the contents of the data file for the `astropy.wcs` tests:: from astropy.config import get_pkg_data_filename fn = get_pkg_data_filename('data/3d_cd.hdr') with open(fn) as f: fcontents = f.read() This retrieves a data file by hash either locally or from the astropy data server:: from astropy.config import get_pkg_data_filename fn = get_pkg_data_filename('hash/da34a7b07ef153eede67387bf950bb32') with open(fn) as f: fcontents = f.read() See Also -------- get_pkg_data_contents : returns the contents of a file or url as a bytes object get_pkg_data_fileobj : returns a file-like object with the data """ if data_name.startswith('hash/'): # first try looking for a local version if a hash is specified hashfn = _find_hash_fn(data_name[5:]) if hashfn is None: return download_file(DATAURL() + data_name, cache=True) else: return hashfn else: datafn = _find_pkg_data_path(data_name) if os.path.isdir(datafn): raise IOError("Tried to access a data file that's actually " "a package data directory") elif os.path.isfile(datafn): # local file return datafn else: # remote file return download_file(DATAURL() + data_name, cache=True)
[docs]def get_pkg_data_contents(data_name, encoding=None, cache=True): """ Retrieves a data file from the standard locations and returns its contents as a bytes object. Parameters ---------- data_name : str Name/location of the desired data file. One of the following: * The name of a data file included in the source distribution. The path is relative to the module calling this function. For example, if calling from `astropy.pkname`, use ``'data/file.dat'`` to get the file in ``astropy/pkgname/data/file.dat``. Double-dots can be used to go up a level. In the same example, use ``'../data/file.dat'`` to get ``astropy/data/file.dat``. * If a matching local file does not exist, the Astropy data server will be queried for the file. * A hash like that produced by `compute_hash` can be requested, prefixed by 'hash/' e.g. 'hash/395dd6493cc584df1e78b474fb150840'. The hash will first be searched for locally, and if not found, the Astropy data server will be queried. * A URL to some other file. encoding : str, optional When `None` (default), returns a file-like object with a `read` method that on Python 2.x returns `bytes` objects and on Python 3.x returns `str` (`unicode`) objects, using `locale.getpreferredencoding()` as an encoding. This matches the default behavior of the built-in `open` when no `mode` argument is provided. When `'binary'`, returns a file-like object where its `read` method returns `bytes` objects. When another string, it is the name of an encoding, and the file-like object's `read` method will return `str` (`unicode`) objects, decoded from binary using the given encoding. cache : bool If True, the file will be downloaded and saved locally or the already-cached local copy will be accessed. If False, the file-like object will directly access the resource (e.g. if a remote URL is accessed, an object like that from `urllib2.urlopen` is returned). Returns ------- contents : bytes The complete contents of the file as a bytes object. Raises ------ urllib2.URLError If a remote file cannot be found. IOError If problems occur writing or reading a local file. See Also -------- get_pkg_data_fileobj : returns a file-like object with the data get_pkg_data_filename : returns a local name for a file containing the data """ with get_pkg_data_fileobj(data_name, encoding=encoding, cache=cache) as fd: contents = fd.read() return contents
[docs]def get_pkg_data_filenames(datadir, pattern='*'): """ Returns the path of all of the data files in a given directory that match a given glob pattern. Parameters ---------- datadir : str Name/location of the desired data files. One of the following: * The name of a directory included in the source distribution. The path is relative to the module calling this function. For example, if calling from `astropy.pkname`, use ``'data'`` to get the files in ``astropy/pkgname/data``. * Remote URLs are not currently supported. pattern : str, optional A UNIX-style filename glob pattern to match files. See the `glob` module in the standard library for more information. By default, matches all files. Returns ------- filenames : iterator of str Paths on the local filesystem in *datadir* matching *pattern*. Examples -------- This will retrieve the contents of the data file for the `astropy.wcs` tests:: from astropy.config import get_pkg_data_filenames for fn in get_pkg_data_filename('maps', '*.hdr'): with open(fn) as f: fcontents = f.read() """ import fnmatch from os.path import isdir, isfile, join from os import listdir path = _find_pkg_data_path(datadir) if isfile(path): raise IOError( "Tried to access a data directory that's actually " "a package data file") elif isdir(path): for filename in listdir(path): if fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, pattern): yield join(path, filename) else: raise IOError("Path not found")
[docs]def get_pkg_data_fileobjs(datadir, pattern='*', encoding=None): """ Returns readable file objects for all of the data files in a given directory that match a given glob pattern. Parameters ---------- datadir : str Name/location of the desired data files. One of the following: * The name of a directory included in the source distribution. The path is relative to the module calling this function. For example, if calling from `astropy.pkname`, use ``'data'`` to get the files in ``astropy/pkgname/data`` * Remote URLs are not currently supported pattern : str, optional A UNIX-style filename glob pattern to match files. See the `glob` module in the standard library for more information. By default, matches all files. encoding : str, optional When `None` (default), returns a file-like object with a `read` method that on Python 2.x returns `bytes` objects and on Python 3.x returns `str` (`unicode`) objects, using `locale.getpreferredencoding()` as an encoding. This matches the default behavior of the built-in `open` when no `mode` argument is provided. When `'binary'`, returns a file-like object where its `read` method returns `bytes` objects. When another string, it is the name of an encoding, and the file-like object's `read` method will return `str` (`unicode`) objects, decoded from binary using the given encoding. Returns ------- fileobjs : iterator of file objects File objects for each of the files on the local filesystem in *datadir* matching *pattern*. Examples -------- This will retrieve the contents of the data file for the `astropy.wcs` tests:: from astropy.config import get_pkg_data_filenames for fd in get_pkg_data_filename('maps', '*.hdr'): fcontents = fd.read() """ for fn in get_pkg_data_filenames(datadir, pattern): with get_pkg_data_fileobj(fn, encoding=encoding) as fd: yield fd
[docs]def compute_hash(localfn): """ Computes the MD5 hash for a file. The hash for a data file is used for looking up data files in a unique fashion. This is of particular use for tests; a test may require a particular version of a particular file, in which case it can be accessed via hash to get the appropriate version. Typically, if you wish to write a test that requires a particular data file, you will want to submit that file to the astropy data servers, and use e.g. ``get_pkg_data_filename('hash/a725fa6ba642587436612c2df0451956')``, but with the hash for your file in place of the hash in the example. Parameters ---------- localfn : str The path to the file for which the hash should be generated. Returns ------- md5hash : str The hex digest of the MD5 hash for the contents of the `localfn` file. """ import hashlib with open(localfn, 'rb') as f: h = hashlib.md5() block = f.read(COMPUTE_HASH_BLOCK_SIZE()) while block: h.update(block) block = f.read(COMPUTE_HASH_BLOCK_SIZE()) return h.hexdigest()
def _find_pkg_data_path(data_name): """ Look for data in the source-included data directories and return the path. """ from os.path import abspath, dirname, join from ..utils.misc import find_current_module module = find_current_module(1, True) if module is None: # not called from inside an astropy package. So just pass name through return data_name rootpkgname = module.__package__.split('.')[0] rootpkg = __import__(rootpkgname) module_path = dirname(module.__file__) path = join(module_path, data_name) root_dir = dirname(rootpkg.__file__) assert abspath(path).startswith(abspath(root_dir)), \ ("attempted to get a local data file outside " "of the " + rootpkgname + " tree") return path def _find_hash_fn(hash): """ Looks for a local file by hash - returns file name if found and a valid file, otherwise returns None. """ from os.path import isfile, join from warnings import warn try: dldir, urlmapfn = _get_download_cache_locs() except (IOError, OSError) as e: msg = 'Could not access cache directory to search for data file: ' warn(CacheMissingWarning(msg + str(e))) return None hashfn = join(dldir, hash) if isfile(hashfn): return hashfn else: return None
[docs]def download_file(remote_url, cache=False): """ Accepts a URL, downloads and optionally caches the result returning the filename, with a name determined by the file's MD5 hash. If ``cache=True`` and the file is present in the cache, just returns the filename. Parameters ---------- remote_url : str The URL of the file to download cache : bool, optional Whether to use the cache """ import hashlib from contextlib import closing from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile from shutil import move from warnings import warn from ..utils.console import ProgressBarOrSpinner missing_cache = False if cache: try: dldir, urlmapfn = _get_download_cache_locs() except (IOError, OSError) as e: msg = 'Remote data cache could not be accessed due to ' estr = '' if len(e.args) < 1 else (': ' + str(e)) warn(CacheMissingWarning(msg + e.__class__.__name__ + estr)) cache = False missing_cache = True # indicates that the cache is missing to raise a warning later if not missing_cache: _acquire_download_cache_lock() try: if cache: with _open_shelve(urlmapfn, True) as url2hash: if str(remote_url) in url2hash: return url2hash[str(remote_url)] with closing(urllib2.urlopen(remote_url, timeout=REMOTE_TIMEOUT())) as remote: #keep a hash to rename the local file to the hashed name hash = hashlib.md5() info = remote.info() if 'Content-Length' in info: try: size = int(info['Content-Length']) except ValueError: size = None else: size = None dlmsg = "Downloading {0}".format(remote_url) with ProgressBarOrSpinner(size, dlmsg) as p: with NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as f: bytes_read = 0 block = remote.read(DOWNLOAD_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE()) while block: f.write(block) hash.update(block) bytes_read += len(block) p.update(bytes_read) block = remote.read(DOWNLOAD_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE()) if cache: with _open_shelve(urlmapfn, True) as url2hash: local_path = os.path.join(dldir, hash.hexdigest()) move(f.name, local_path) url2hash[str(remote_url)] = local_path else: local_path = f.name if missing_cache: msg = ('File downloaded to temporary location due to problem ' 'with cache directory and will not be cached.') warn(CacheMissingWarning(msg, local_path)) if DELETE_TEMPORARY_DOWNLOADS_AT_EXIT(): global _tempfilestodel _tempfilestodel.append(local_path) except urllib2.URLError, e: if e.reason.errno == 8: e.reason.strerror = e.reason.strerror + '. requested URL: ' + remote_url e.reason.args = (e.reason.errno, e.reason.strerror) raise e finally: if cache and not missing_cache: _release_download_cache_lock() return local_path # This is used by download_file and _deltemps to determine the files to delete # when the interpreter exits
_tempfilestodel = [] @atexit.register def _deltemps(): global _tempfilestodel while len(_tempfilestodel) > 0: fn = _tempfilestodel.pop() if os.path.isfile(fn): os.remove(fn)
[docs]def clear_download_cache(hashorurl=None): """ Clears the data file cache by deleting the local file(s). Parameters ---------- hashorurl : str or None If None, the whole cache is cleared. Otherwise, either specifies a hash for the cached file that is supposed to be deleted, or a URL that has previously been downloaded to the cache. Raises ------ OSEerror If the requested filename is not present in the data directory. """ from os import unlink from os.path import join, exists, abspath from shutil import rmtree from warnings import warn try: dldir, urlmapfn = _get_download_cache_locs() except (IOError, OSError) as e: msg = 'Not clearing data cache - cache inacessable due to ' estr = '' if len(e.args) < 1 else (': ' + str(e)) warn(CacheMissingWarning(msg + e.__class__.__name__ + estr)) return _acquire_download_cache_lock() try: if hashorurl is None: if exists(dldir): rmtree(dldir) if exists(urlmapfn): unlink(urlmapfn) else: with _open_shelve(urlmapfn, True) as url2hash: filepath = join(dldir, hashorurl) assert abspath(filepath).startswith(abspath(dldir)), \ ("attempted to use clear_download_cache on a location" + " that's not inside the data cache directory") if exists(filepath): for k, v in url2hash.items(): if v == filepath: del url2hash[k] unlink(filepath) elif hashorurl in url2hash: filepath = url2hash[hashorurl] del url2hash[hashorurl] unlink(filepath) else: msg = 'Could not find file or url {0}' raise OSError(msg.format(hashorurl)) finally: # the lock will be gone if rmtree was used above, but release otherwise if exists(join(_get_download_cache_locs()[0], 'lock')): _release_download_cache_lock()
def _get_download_cache_locs(): """ Finds the path to the data cache directory. Returns ------- datadir : str The path to the data cache directory. shelveloc : str The path to the shelve object that stores the cache info. """ from ..config.paths import get_cache_dir from os.path import exists, isdir, join from os import mkdir datadir = join(get_cache_dir(), 'download') shelveloc = join(get_cache_dir(), 'download_urlmap') if not exists(datadir): mkdir(datadir) elif not isdir(datadir): msg = 'Data cache directory {0} is not a directory' raise IOError(msg.format(datadir)) if isdir(shelveloc): msg = 'Data cache shelve object location {0} is a directory' raise IOError(msg.format(shelveloc)) return datadir, shelveloc def _open_shelve(shelffn, withclosing=False): """ opens a shelf in a way that is py3.x and py2.x compatible. If `withclosing` is True, it will be opened with closing, allowing use like: with _open_shelve('somefile',True) as s: ... """ import shelve from contextlib import closing if not PY3K: # pragma: py3 shelf = shelve.open(shelffn, protocol=2) else: # pragma: py2 shelf = shelve.open(shelffn + '.db', protocol=2) if withclosing: return closing(shelf) else: return shelf #the cache directory must be locked before any writes are performed. Same for #the hash shelve, so this should be used for both. def _acquire_download_cache_lock(): """ Uses the lock directory method. This is good because `mkdir` is atomic at the system call level, so it's thread-safe. """ from os.path import join from os import mkdir from time import sleep lockdir = os.path.join(_get_download_cache_locs()[0], 'lock') for i in range(DOWNLOAD_CACHE_LOCK_ATTEMPTS()): try: mkdir(lockdir) #write the pid of this process for informational purposes with open(join(lockdir, 'pid'), 'w') as f: f.write(str(os.getpid())) except OSError: sleep(1) else: return msg = 'Unable to acquire lock for cache directory ({0} exists)' raise RuntimeError(msg.format(lockdir)) def _release_download_cache_lock(): from os.path import join, exists, isdir from os import rmdir lockdir = join(_get_download_cache_locs()[0], 'lock') if isdir(lockdir): #if the pid file is present, be sure to remove it pidfn = join(lockdir, 'pid') if exists(pidfn): os.remove(pidfn) rmdir(lockdir) else: msg = 'Error releasing lock. "{0}" either does not exist or is not ' +\ 'a directory.' raise RuntimeError(msg.format(lockdir))

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