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:mod:`importlib.resources` -- Resources
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.. module:: importlib.resources
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:synopsis: Package resource reading, opening, and access
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**Source code:** :source:`Lib/importlib/resources/__init__.py`
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--------------
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.. versionadded:: 3.7
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This module leverages Python's import system to provide access to *resources*
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within *packages*.
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"Resources" are file-like resources associated with a module or package in
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Python. The resources may be contained directly in a package or within a
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subdirectory contained in that package. Resources may be text or binary. As a
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result, Python module sources (.py) of a package and compilation artifacts
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(pycache) are technically de-facto resources of that package. In practice,
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however, resources are primarily those non-Python artifacts exposed
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specifically by the package author.
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Resources can be opened or read in either binary or text mode.
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Resources are roughly akin to files inside directories, though it's important
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to keep in mind that this is just a metaphor. Resources and packages **do
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not** have to exist as physical files and directories on the file system:
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for example, a package and its resources can be imported from a zip file using
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:py:mod:`zipimport`.
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.. note::
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This module provides functionality similar to `pkg_resources
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<https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html>`_ `Basic
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Resource Access
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<https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#basic-resource-access>`_
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without the performance overhead of that package. This makes reading
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resources included in packages easier, with more stable and consistent
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semantics.
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The standalone backport of this module provides more information
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on `using importlib.resources
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<https://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using.html>`_ and
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`migrating from pkg_resources to importlib.resources
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<https://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migration.html>`_.
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:class:`Loaders <importlib.abc.Loader>` that wish to support resource reading should implement a
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``get_resource_reader(fullname)`` method as specified by
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:class:`importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader`.
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.. data:: Package
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Whenever a function accepts a ``Package`` argument, you can pass in
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either a :class:`module object <types.ModuleType>` or a module name
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as a string. You can only pass module objects whose
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``__spec__.submodule_search_locations`` is not ``None``.
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The ``Package`` type is defined as ``Union[str, ModuleType]``.
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.. function:: files(package)
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Returns a :class:`~importlib.resources.abc.Traversable` object
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representing the resource container for the package (think directory)
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and its resources (think files). A Traversable may contain other
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containers (think subdirectories).
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*package* is either a name or a module object which conforms to the
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:data:`Package` requirements.
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.. versionadded:: 3.9
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.. function:: as_file(traversable)
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Given a :class:`~importlib.resources.abc.Traversable` object representing
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a file, typically from :func:`importlib.resources.files`, return
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a context manager for use in a :keyword:`with` statement.
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The context manager provides a :class:`pathlib.Path` object.
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Exiting the context manager cleans up any temporary file created when the
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resource was extracted from e.g. a zip file.
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Use ``as_file`` when the Traversable methods
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(``read_text``, etc) are insufficient and an actual file on
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the file system is required.
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.. versionadded:: 3.9
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Deprecated functions
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--------------------
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An older, deprecated set of functions is still available, but is
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scheduled for removal in a future version of Python.
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The main drawback of these functions is that they do not support
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directories: they assume all resources are located directly within a *package*.
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.. data:: Resource
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For *resource* arguments of the functions below, you can pass in
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the name of a resource as a string or
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a :class:`path-like object <os.PathLike>`.
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The ``Resource`` type is defined as ``Union[str, os.PathLike]``.
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.. function:: open_binary(package, resource)
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Open for binary reading the *resource* within *package*.
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*package* is either a name or a module object which conforms to the
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``Package`` requirements. *resource* is the name of the resource to open
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within *package*; it may not contain path separators and it may not have
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sub-resources (i.e. it cannot be a directory). This function returns a
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``typing.BinaryIO`` instance, a binary I/O stream open for reading.
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.. deprecated:: 3.11
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Calls to this function can be replaced by::
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files(package).joinpath(resource).open('rb')
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.. function:: open_text(package, resource, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')
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Open for text reading the *resource* within *package*. By default, the
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resource is opened for reading as UTF-8.
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*package* is either a name or a module object which conforms to the
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``Package`` requirements. *resource* is the name of the resource to open
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within *package*; it may not contain path separators and it may not have
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sub-resources (i.e. it cannot be a directory). *encoding* and *errors*
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have the same meaning as with built-in :func:`open`.
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This function returns a ``typing.TextIO`` instance, a text I/O stream open
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for reading.
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.. deprecated:: 3.11
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Calls to this function can be replaced by::
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files(package).joinpath(resource).open('r', encoding=encoding)
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.. function:: read_binary(package, resource)
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Read and return the contents of the *resource* within *package* as
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``bytes``.
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*package* is either a name or a module object which conforms to the
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``Package`` requirements. *resource* is the name of the resource to open
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within *package*; it may not contain path separators and it may not have
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sub-resources (i.e. it cannot be a directory). This function returns the
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contents of the resource as :class:`bytes`.
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.. deprecated:: 3.11
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Calls to this function can be replaced by::
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files(package).joinpath(resource).read_bytes()
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.. function:: read_text(package, resource, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')
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Read and return the contents of *resource* within *package* as a ``str``.
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By default, the contents are read as strict UTF-8.
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*package* is either a name or a module object which conforms to the
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``Package`` requirements. *resource* is the name of the resource to open
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within *package*; it may not contain path separators and it may not have
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sub-resources (i.e. it cannot be a directory). *encoding* and *errors*
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have the same meaning as with built-in :func:`open`. This function
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returns the contents of the resource as :class:`str`.
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.. deprecated:: 3.11
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Calls to this function can be replaced by::
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files(package).joinpath(resource).read_text(encoding=encoding)
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.. function:: path(package, resource)
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Return the path to the *resource* as an actual file system path. This
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function returns a context manager for use in a :keyword:`with` statement.
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The context manager provides a :class:`pathlib.Path` object.
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Exiting the context manager cleans up any temporary file created when the
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resource needs to be extracted from e.g. a zip file.
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*package* is either a name or a module object which conforms to the
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``Package`` requirements. *resource* is the name of the resource to open
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within *package*; it may not contain path separators and it may not have
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sub-resources (i.e. it cannot be a directory).
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.. deprecated:: 3.11
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Calls to this function can be replaced using :func:`as_file`::
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as_file(files(package).joinpath(resource))
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.. function:: is_resource(package, name)
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Return ``True`` if there is a resource named *name* in the package,
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otherwise ``False``.
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This function does not consider directories to be resources.
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*package* is either a name or a module object which conforms to the
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``Package`` requirements.
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.. deprecated:: 3.11
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Calls to this function can be replaced by::
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files(package).joinpath(resource).is_file()
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.. function:: contents(package)
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Return an iterable over the named items within the package. The iterable
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returns :class:`str` resources (e.g. files) and non-resources
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(e.g. directories). The iterable does not recurse into subdirectories.
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*package* is either a name or a module object which conforms to the
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``Package`` requirements.
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.. deprecated:: 3.11
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Calls to this function can be replaced by::
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(resource.name for resource in files(package).iterdir() if resource.is_file())
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