pathlib PurePosixPath

[Thomas Jollans]

On 2017-10-10 09:44, Sayth Renshaw wrote:
> 
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> How do I create a valid file name and directory with pathlib?
>>>
>>> When I create it using PurePosixPath I end up with an OSError due to an obvously invlaid path being created.
>>
>> You're on Windows. The rules for POSIX paths don't apply to your file
>> system, and...
>>
>>> OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'C:\\Users\\Sayth\\Projects\\results/Warwick Farm2017-09-06T00:00:00.json'
>>
>> ... the colon is invalid on Windows file systems. You'll have to
>> replace those with something else.
>>
>> ChrisA
> 
> Thanks. Updated the script. But shouldn't it create the file if it doesn't exist? Which none of them will

It should, but only if the directory exists. Does it?

> 
> for dates in fullUrl:
>     # print(dates)
>     time.sleep(0.3)
>     r = requests.get(dates)
>     data = r.json()
>     if data["RaceDay"] is not None:
>         a = data["RaceDay"]["MeetingDate"]
>         b = a[:7]
>         file_name = data["RaceDay"]["Meetings"][0]["VenueName"] + '_' + b + '.json'
>         result_path = pathlib.PurePath(r'C:\Users\Sayth\Projects\results', file_name)
>         with open(result_path, 'a') as f:
>             f.write(data)
> 
> ##Output
> File "C:/Users/Sayth/PycharmProjects/ubet_api_mongo/json_download.py", line 42, in <module>
>     with open(result_path, 'a') as f:
> FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\Sayth\\Projects\\results\\Warwick Farm_2017-09.json'
> 
> Process finished with exit code 1
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Sayth
> 


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Thomas Jollans