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 > -- Thomas Jollans -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
