shinerainsevenlib

Module Contents¶

srss.registerDebughook(b=True)¶: Register callback for printing values of local variables.

srss.getRandomString(maxVal=1000 * 1000, asHex=False, rng=_random)¶: Generate a random string of digits.

class srss.IndependentRNG(seed=None)¶: Keep a separate random stream that won’t get affected by someone else. Sometimes you want to set rng state to get a repeatable sequence of numbers back, which would get thrown off by other parts of the program also getting rng values.

srss.downloadUrl(url, toFile=None, timeout=30, asText=False)¶: Download a URL, if toFile is not specified returns the results as a string.

srss.startThread(fn, args=None)¶

Start a thread.

>>> import time
>>> def fn(name):
>>>     print('my name is ' + name)
>>>     time.sleep(1)
>>>
>>> t = startThread(fn, ['Bob'])
>>> t.join()

srss.softDeleteFile(path, allowDirs=False, doTrace=False)¶

Delete a file in a recoverable way, either OS Trash or a designated folder.

Defaults to ~/trash.

Configure behavior by editing shinerainsevenlib.cfg,

You can set trashDir to be 'recycleBin' or 'currentDriveDataLocalTrash' or a path

srss.getSoftTempDir(path='', preferEphemeral=False)¶

Get a temporary directory.

Defaults to default OS temp directory, can be configured in shinerainsevenlib.cfg.

tempDir = (path to dir)

tempEphemeralDir = (path to dir)

An ephemeral dir is one where data isn’t kept long term. I often configure this to be a RAM drive, which are useful for heavy read/write scenarios.