path-tree-generator

Generate tree-like directory listings for humans and output them as str, list[str], dict or json.

from path_tree_generator import PathTree

pt = PathTree('/my/path/to/generate')
print(
    pt.human_readable()
)

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⚠️ This package is in Beta now and still under development! ⚠️

Keep in mind that classes, methods and their signatures might change anytime during development till the first official release 1.0.0.

The fist working version is released as path-tree-generator v0.1.0 and contains the most base implementations.

Issues and suggestions can be tracked on GitHub.

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Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Usage
  • Installation
  • Example
    • Human Readable Path Tree
    • Path Tree dict
    • Path Tree json
• Support
• Contributing
• License
• Changelog
• Known Issues

Requirements

Python 3.10+

path-tree-generator depends on the following packages:

• Pydantic for data models and validation

Usage

Installation

pip install path-tree-generator

Examples

All example are using the same instance assigned to the variable pt as follows:

from path_tree_generator import PathTree

pt = PathTree('/my/path/to/generate')

Human Readable Path Tree

Using the PathTree instance pt from the Examples you can simply use one of the following method:

pt.human_readable()
pt.human_readable_list()

Both methods return a tree-like formatted recursive directory listing, either as string or as list of strings. Directories are wrapped in square brackets, files aren't.

pt.human_readable() returns the directory listing as plain string (str) with line breaks.

[data]
├── data-with-stat.json
├── data.json
├── data.tree
├── [myDirectory-1]
│   ├── myFile.txt
│   └── [subdirectory]
│       └── green.gif
└── [myDirectory-2]
    ├── [subdirectory1]
    │   └── green.gif
    └── [subdirectory2]
        ├── myFile.txt
        └── myFile2.txt

pt.human_readable_list() returns the directory listing as list of strings (list[str]).

[
    '[data]',
    '├── data-with-stat.json',
    '├── data.json',
    '├── data.tree',
    '├── [myDirectory-1]',
    '│   ├── myFile.txt',
    '│   └── [subdirectory]',
    '│       └── green.gif',
    '└── [myDirectory-2]',
    '    ├── [subdirectory1]',
    '    │   └── green.gif',
    '    └── [subdirectory2]',
    '        ├── myFile.txt',
    '        └── myFile2.txt'
]

Path Tree dict

You can also get a dict representation of a retrieved PathTree, having some additional information like the absolute or relative path of the file or directory and their stats like size, ctime, mode, uid and so on.

Using the PathTree instance pt from the Examples you can simply use the following method:

pt.dict()

The dict looks like as follows:

{
    'entry_type': <ListEntryType.dir: 'dir'>, 
    'name': 'data', 
    'path': WindowsPath('.'), 
    'stat': {
        'size': 10834, 
        'atime': 1657198698.2257857, 
        'ctime': 1656593062.5510206, 
        'mtime': 1657177629.2652764, 
        'gid': 0, 
        'mode': 16895, 
        'uid': 0
    }, 
    'children': [
        {
            'entry_type': <ListEntryType.file: 'file'>, 
            'name': 'data-with-stat.json', 
            'path': WindowsPath('data-with-stat.json'), 
            'stat': {
                'size': 5774, 
                'atime': 1657198447.0669634, 
                'ctime': 1657177197.231495, 
                'mtime': 1657177629.2642767, 
                'gid': 0, 
                'mode': 33206, 
                'uid': 0
            }, 
            'children': None
        },
        [...]
    ]
}

Path Tree json

Last but not least you can get a json representation, with the same properties like the Path Tree dict.

Using the PathTree instance pt from the Examples you can simply use the following method:

pt.json()

The json output looks like as follows:

{
  "entry_type": "dir",
  "name": "data",
  "path": ".",
  "stat": {
    "size": 10834,
    "atime": 1657199261.7484741,
    "ctime": 1656593062.5510206,
    "mtime": 1657177629.2652764,
    "gid": 0,
    "mode": 16895,
    "uid": 0
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "entry_type": "file",
      "name": "data-with-stat.json",
      "path": "data-with-stat.json",
      "stat": {
        "size": 5774,
        "atime": 1657198447.0669634,
        "ctime": 1657177197.231495,
        "mtime": 1657177629.2642767,
        "gid": 0,
        "mode": 33206,
        "uid": 0
      },
      "children": null
    },
    [...]
  ]
}

Support

If you're opening issues, please mention the version that the issue relates to. Please further provide some sample code and also the expected output or behaviour.

Contributing

To contribute to this project, fork the repository, make your changes and create a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.

Changelog

All changes are documented on the GitHub Releases page.

Known Issues

• Python version compatibility < v3.10 is not tested yet