# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright (c) 2005-2010 ActiveState Software Inc.
# Copyright (c) 2013 Eddy Petrișor
"""Utilities for determining application-specific dirs.
See <https://github.com/platformdirs/platformdirs> for details and usage.
"""
# Dev Notes:
# - MSDN on where to store app data files:
# http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310294#XSLTH3194121123120121120120
# - Mac OS X: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/index.html
# - XDG spec for Un*x: https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
__version__ = "2.0.2"
__version_info__ = 2, 0, 2
import sys
import os
PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
if not PY2:
unicode = str
if sys.platform.startswith('java'):
import platform
os_name = platform.java_ver()[3][0]
if os_name.startswith('Windows'): # "Windows XP", "Windows 7", etc.
system = 'win32'
elif os_name.startswith('Mac'): # "Mac OS X", etc.
system = 'darwin'
else: # "Linux", "SunOS", "FreeBSD", etc.
# Setting this to "linux2" is not ideal, but only Windows or Mac
# are actually checked for and the rest of the module expects
# *sys.platform* style strings.
system = 'linux2'
else:
system = sys.platform
# https://docs.python.org/dev/library/sys.html#sys.platform
if system == 'win32':
try:
from ctypes import windll
except ImportError:
try:
import com.sun.jna
except ImportError:
try:
if PY2:
import _winreg as winreg
else:
import winreg
except ImportError:
def _get_win_folder(csidl_name):
"""Get folder from environment variables."""
if csidl_name == 'CSIDL_APPDATA':
env_var_name = 'APPDATA'
elif csidl_name == 'CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA':
env_var_name = 'ALLUSERSPROFILE'
elif csidl_name == 'CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA':
env_var_name = 'LOCALAPPDATA'
else:
raise ValueError('Unknown CSIDL name: {}'.format(csidl_name))
if env_var_name in os.environ:
return os.environ[env_var_name]
else:
raise ValueError('Unset environment variable: {}'.format(env_var_name))
else:
def _get_win_folder(csidl_name):
"""Get folder from the registry.
This is a fallback technique at best. I'm not sure if using the
registry for this guarantees us the correct answer for all CSIDL_*
names.
"""
if csidl_name == 'CSIDL_APPDATA':
shell_folder_name = 'AppData'
elif csidl_name == 'CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA':
shell_folder_name = 'Common AppData'
elif csidl_name == 'CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA':
shell_folder_name = 'Local AppData'
else:
raise ValueError('Unknown CSIDL name: {}'.format(csidl_name))
key = winreg.OpenKey(
winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
r'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders'
)
directory, _ = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, shell_folder_name)
return directory
else:
def _get_win_folder_with_jna(csidl_name):
"""Get folder with JNA."""
import array
from com.sun import jna
from com.sun.jna.platform import win32
buf_size = win32.WinDef.MAX_PATH * 2
buf = array.zeros('c', buf_size)
shell = win32.Shell32.INSTANCE
shell.SHGetFolderPath(
None, getattr(win32.ShlObj, csidl_name), None, win32.ShlObj.SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, buf
)
directory = jna.Native.toString(buf.tostring()).rstrip('\0')
# Downgrade to short path name if have highbit chars. See
# <http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=85099>.
has_high_char = False
for c in directory:
if ord(c) > 255:
has_high_char = True
break
if has_high_char:
buf = array.zeros('c', buf_size)
kernel = win32.Kernel32.INSTANCE
if kernel.GetShortPathName(directory, buf, buf_size):
directory = jna.Native.toString(buf.tostring()).rstrip('\0')
return directory
else:
def _get_win_folder(csidl_name):
"""Get folder with ctypes."""
import ctypes
if csidl_name == 'CSIDL_APPDATA':
csidl_const = 26
elif csidl_name == 'CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA':
csidl_const = 35
elif csidl_name == 'CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA':
csidl_const = 28
else:
raise ValueError('Unknown CSIDL name: {}'.format(csidl_name))
buf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(1024)
ctypes.windll.shell32.SHGetFolderPathW(None, csidl_const, None, 0, buf)
# Downgrade to short path name if have highbit chars. See
# <http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=85099>.
has_high_char = False
for c in buf:
if ord(c) > 255:
has_high_char = True
break
if has_high_char:
buf2 = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(1024)
if ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetShortPathNameW(buf.value, buf2, 1024):
buf = buf2
return buf.value
def _user_data_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
if appauthor is None:
appauthor = appname
const = 'CSIDL_APPDATA' if roaming else 'CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA'
path = os.path.normpath(_get_win_folder(const))
if appname:
if appauthor is not False:
path = os.path.join(path, appauthor, appname)
else:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _site_data_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, multipath=False):
if appauthor is None:
appauthor = appname
path = os.path.normpath(_get_win_folder('CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA'))
if appname:
if appauthor is not False:
path = os.path.join(path, appauthor, appname)
else:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _user_config_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
return _user_data_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, roaming=roaming)
def _site_config_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, multipath=False):
return _site_data_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version)
def _user_cache_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, opinion=True):
if appauthor is None:
appauthor = appname
path = os.path.normpath(_get_win_folder('CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA'))
if appname:
if appauthor is not False:
path = os.path.join(path, appauthor, appname)
else:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if opinion:
path = os.path.join(path, 'Cache')
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _user_state_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
return _user_data_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, roaming=roaming)
def _user_log_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, opinion=True):
path = _user_data_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version)
if opinion:
path = os.path.join(path, 'Logs')
return path
elif system == 'darwin':
def _user_data_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
path = os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Application Support/')
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _site_data_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, multipath=False):
path = '/Library/Application Support'
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _user_config_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
path = os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Preferences/')
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _site_config_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, multipath=False):
path = '/Library/Preferences'
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
return path
def _user_cache_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, opinion=True):
path = os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Caches')
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _user_state_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
return _user_data_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, roaming=roaming)
def _user_log_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, opinion=True):
path = os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Logs')
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
else:
def _user_data_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
if 'XDG_DATA_HOME' in os.environ:
path = os.environ['XDG_DATA_HOME']
else:
path = os.path.expanduser('~/.local/share')
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _site_data_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, multipath=False):
# XDG default for $XDG_DATA_DIRS
# only first, if multipath is False
if 'XDG_DATA_DIRS' in os.environ:
path = os.environ['XDG_DATA_DIRS']
else:
path = '/usr/local/share{}/usr/share'.format(os.pathsep)
pathlist = [os.path.expanduser(x.rstrip(os.sep)) for x in path.split(os.pathsep)]
if appname:
if version:
appname = os.path.join(appname, version)
pathlist = [os.path.join(x, appname) for x in pathlist]
if multipath:
path = os.pathsep.join(pathlist)
else:
path = pathlist[0]
return path
def _user_config_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
if 'XDG_CONFIG_HOME' in os.environ:
path = os.environ['XDG_CONFIG_HOME']
else:
path = os.path.expanduser('~/.config')
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _site_config_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, multipath=False):
# XDG default for $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
# only first, if multipath is False
if 'XDG_CONFIG_DIRS' in os.environ:
path = os.environ['XDG_CONFIG_DIRS']
else:
path = '/etc/xdg'
pathlist = [os.path.expanduser(x.rstrip(os.sep)) for x in path.split(os.pathsep)]
if appname:
if version:
appname = os.path.join(appname, version)
pathlist = [os.path.join(x, appname) for x in pathlist]
if multipath:
path = os.pathsep.join(pathlist)
else:
path = pathlist[0]
return path
def _user_cache_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, opinion=True):
if 'XDG_CACHE_HOME' in os.environ:
path = os.environ['XDG_CACHE_HOME']
else:
path = os.path.expanduser('~/.cache')
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _user_state_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
if 'XDG_STATE_HOME' in os.environ:
path = os.environ['XDG_STATE_HOME']
else:
path = os.path.expanduser('~/.local/state')
if appname:
path = os.path.join(path, appname)
if version:
path = os.path.join(path, version)
return path
def _user_log_dir_impl(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, opinion=True):
path = _user_cache_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version)
if opinion:
path = os.path.join(path, 'log')
return path
def user_data_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
r"""Return full path to the user-specific data dir for this application.
"appname" is the name of application.
If None, just the system directory is returned.
"appauthor" (only used on Windows) is the name of the
appauthor or distributing body for this application. Typically
it is the owning company name. This falls back to appname. You may
pass False to disable it.
"version" is an optional version path element to append to the
path. You might want to use this if you want multiple versions
of your app to be able to run independently. If used, this
would typically be "<major>.<minor>".
Only applied when appname is present.
"roaming" (boolean, default False) can be set True to use the Windows
roaming appdata directory. That means that for users on a Windows
network setup for roaming profiles, this user data will be
sync'd on login. See
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489(WS.10).aspx>
for a discussion of issues.
Typical user data directories are:
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/<AppName>
Unix: ~/.local/share/<AppName> # or in $XDG_DATA_HOME, if defined
Win XP (not roaming): C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>
Win XP (roaming): C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>
Win 7 (not roaming): C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>
Win 7 (roaming): C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>
For Unix, we follow the XDG spec and support $XDG_DATA_HOME.
That means, by default "~/.local/share/<AppName>".
"""
return _user_data_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, roaming=roaming)
def site_data_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, multipath=False):
r"""Return full path to the user-shared data dir for this application.
"appname" is the name of application.
If None, just the system directory is returned.
"appauthor" (only used on Windows) is the name of the
appauthor or distributing body for this application. Typically
it is the owning company name. This falls back to appname. You may
pass False to disable it.
"version" is an optional version path element to append to the
path. You might want to use this if you want multiple versions
of your app to be able to run independently. If used, this
would typically be "<major>.<minor>".
Only applied when appname is present.
"multipath" is an optional parameter only applicable to *nix
which indicates that the entire list of data dirs should be
returned. By default, the first item from XDG_DATA_DIRS is
returned, or '/usr/local/share/<AppName>',
if XDG_DATA_DIRS is not set
Typical site data directories are:
Mac OS X: /Library/Application Support/<AppName>
Unix: /usr/local/share/<AppName> or /usr/share/<AppName>
Win XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>
Vista: (Fail! "C:\ProgramData" is a hidden *system* directory on Vista.)
Win 7: C:\ProgramData\<AppAuthor>\<AppName> # Hidden, but writeable on Win 7.
For Unix, this is using the $XDG_DATA_DIRS[0] default.
WARNING: Do not use this on Windows. See the Vista-Fail note above for why.
"""
return _site_data_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, multipath=multipath)
def user_config_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
r"""Return full path to the user-specific config dir for this application.
"appname" is the name of application.
If None, just the system directory is returned.
"appauthor" (only used on Windows) is the name of the
appauthor or distributing body for this application. Typically
it is the owning company name. This falls back to appname. You may
pass False to disable it.
"version" is an optional version path element to append to the
path. You might want to use this if you want multiple versions
of your app to be able to run independently. If used, this
would typically be "<major>.<minor>".
Only applied when appname is present.
"roaming" (boolean, default False) can be set True to use the Windows
roaming appdata directory. That means that for users on a Windows
network setup for roaming profiles, this user data will be
sync'd on login. See
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489(WS.10).aspx>
for a discussion of issues.
Typical user config directories are:
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Preferences/<AppName>
Unix: ~/.config/<AppName> # or in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, if defined
Win *: same as user_data_dir
For Unix, we follow the XDG spec and support $XDG_CONFIG_HOME.
That means, by default "~/.config/<AppName>".
"""
return _user_config_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, roaming=roaming)
def site_config_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, multipath=False):
r"""Return full path to the user-shared data dir for this application.
"appname" is the name of application.
If None, just the system directory is returned.
"appauthor" (only used on Windows) is the name of the
appauthor or distributing body for this application. Typically
it is the owning company name. This falls back to appname. You may
pass False to disable it.
"version" is an optional version path element to append to the
path. You might want to use this if you want multiple versions
of your app to be able to run independently. If used, this
would typically be "<major>.<minor>".
Only applied when appname is present.
"multipath" is an optional parameter only applicable to *nix
which indicates that the entire list of config dirs should be
returned. By default, the first item from XDG_CONFIG_DIRS is
returned, or '/etc/xdg/<AppName>', if XDG_CONFIG_DIRS is not set
Typical site config directories are:
Mac OS X: same as site_data_dir
Unix: /etc/xdg/<AppName> or $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS[i]/<AppName> for each value in
$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
Win *: same as site_data_dir
Vista: (Fail! "C:\ProgramData" is a hidden *system* directory on Vista.)
For Unix, this is using the $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS[0] default, if multipath=False
WARNING: Do not use this on Windows. See the Vista-Fail note above for why.
"""
return _site_config_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, multipath=multipath)
def user_cache_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, opinion=True):
r"""Return full path to the user-specific cache dir for this application.
"appname" is the name of application.
If None, just the system directory is returned.
"appauthor" (only used on Windows) is the name of the
appauthor or distributing body for this application. Typically
it is the owning company name. This falls back to appname. You may
pass False to disable it.
"version" is an optional version path element to append to the
path. You might want to use this if you want multiple versions
of your app to be able to run independently. If used, this
would typically be "<major>.<minor>".
Only applied when appname is present.
"opinion" (boolean) can be False to disable the appending of
"Cache" to the base app data dir for Windows. See
discussion below.
Typical user cache directories are:
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Caches/<AppName>
Unix: ~/.cache/<AppName> (XDG default)
Win XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>\Cache
Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>\Cache
On Windows the only suggestion in the MSDN docs is that local settings go in
the `CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA` directory. This is identical to the non-roaming
app data dir (the default returned by `user_data_dir` above). Apps typically
put cache data somewhere *under* the given dir here. Some examples:
...\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<ProfileName>\Cache
...\Acme\SuperApp\Cache\1.0
OPINION: This function appends "Cache" to the `CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA` value.
This can be disabled with the `opinion=False` option.
"""
return _user_cache_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, opinion=opinion)
def user_state_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, roaming=False):
r"""Return full path to the user-specific state dir for this application.
"appname" is the name of application.
If None, just the system directory is returned.
"appauthor" (only used on Windows) is the name of the
appauthor or distributing body for this application. Typically
it is the owning company name. This falls back to appname. You may
pass False to disable it.
"version" is an optional version path element to append to the
path. You might want to use this if you want multiple versions
of your app to be able to run independently. If used, this
would typically be "<major>.<minor>".
Only applied when appname is present.
"roaming" (boolean, default False) can be set True to use the Windows
roaming appdata directory. That means that for users on a Windows
network setup for roaming profiles, this user data will be
sync'd on login. See
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489(WS.10).aspx>
for a discussion of issues.
Typical user state directories are:
Mac OS X: same as user_data_dir
Unix: ~/.local/state/<AppName> # or in $XDG_STATE_HOME, if defined
Win *: same as user_data_dir
For Unix, we follow this Debian proposal <https://wiki.debian.org/XDGBaseDirectorySpecification#state>
to extend the XDG spec and support $XDG_STATE_HOME.
That means, by default "~/.local/state/<AppName>".
"""
return _user_state_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, roaming=roaming)
def user_log_dir(appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None, opinion=True):
r"""Return full path to the user-specific log dir for this application.
"appname" is the name of application.
If None, just the system directory is returned.
"appauthor" (only used on Windows) is the name of the
appauthor or distributing body for this application. Typically
it is the owning company name. This falls back to appname. You may
pass False to disable it.
"version" is an optional version path element to append to the
path. You might want to use this if you want multiple versions
of your app to be able to run independently. If used, this
would typically be "<major>.<minor>".
Only applied when appname is present.
"opinion" (boolean) can be False to disable the appending of
"Logs" to the base app data dir for Windows, and "log" to the
base cache dir for Unix. See discussion below.
Typical user log directories are:
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Logs/<AppName>
Unix: ~/.cache/<AppName>/log # or under $XDG_CACHE_HOME if defined
Win XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>\Logs
Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>\Logs
On Windows the only suggestion in the MSDN docs is that local settings
go in the `CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA` directory. (Note: I'm interested in
examples of what some windows apps use for a logs dir.)
OPINION: This function appends "Logs" to the `CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA`
value for Windows and appends "log" to the user cache dir for Unix.
This can be disabled with the `opinion=False` option.
"""
return _user_log_dir_impl(appname=appname, appauthor=appauthor, version=version, opinion=opinion)
class PlatformDirs(object):
"""Convenience wrapper for getting application dirs."""
def __init__(self, appname=None, appauthor=None, version=None,
roaming=False, multipath=False):
self.appname = appname
self.appauthor = appauthor
self.version = version
self.roaming = roaming
self.multipath = multipath
@property
def user_data_dir(self):
return user_data_dir(self.appname, self.appauthor,
version=self.version, roaming=self.roaming)
@property
def site_data_dir(self):
return site_data_dir(self.appname, self.appauthor,
version=self.version, multipath=self.multipath)
@property
def user_config_dir(self):
return user_config_dir(self.appname, self.appauthor,
version=self.version, roaming=self.roaming)
@property
def site_config_dir(self):
return site_config_dir(self.appname, self.appauthor,
version=self.version, multipath=self.multipath)
@property
def user_cache_dir(self):
return user_cache_dir(self.appname, self.appauthor,
version=self.version)
@property
def user_state_dir(self):
return user_state_dir(self.appname, self.appauthor,
version=self.version)
@property
def user_log_dir(self):
return user_log_dir(self.appname, self.appauthor,
version=self.version)
# Backwards compatibility with appdirs
AppDirs = PlatformDirs
if __name__ == "__main__":
# ---- self test code
appname = "MyApp"
appauthor = "MyCompany"
props = ("user_data_dir",
"user_config_dir",
"user_cache_dir",
"user_state_dir",
"user_log_dir",
"site_data_dir",
"site_config_dir")
print("-- app dirs %s --" % __version__)
print("-- app dirs (with optional 'version')")
dirs = PlatformDirs(appname, appauthor, version="1.0")
for prop in props:
print("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop)))
print("\n-- app dirs (without optional 'version')")
dirs = PlatformDirs(appname, appauthor)
for prop in props:
print("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop)))
print("\n-- app dirs (without optional 'appauthor')")
dirs = PlatformDirs(appname)
for prop in props:
print("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop)))
print("\n-- app dirs (with disabled 'appauthor')")
dirs = PlatformDirs(appname, appauthor=False)
for prop in props:
print("%s: %s" % (prop, getattr(dirs, prop)))