# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
"""Utils to create scripts and command-line tools"""
import codecs
import os.path
from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode
from pathlib import Path
from uuid import uuid4
import yaml
__all__ = ["read_yaml", "write_yaml", "make_path", "recursive_merge_dicts"]
[docs]def read_yaml(filename, logger=None):
"""Read YAML file.
Parameters
----------
filename : `~pathlib.Path`
Filename
logger : `~logging.Logger`
Logger
Returns
-------
data : dict
YAML file content as a dict
"""
path = make_path(filename)
if logger is not None:
logger.info(f"Reading {path}")
text = path.read_text()
return yaml.safe_load(text)
[docs]def write_yaml(dictionary, filename, logger=None, sort_keys=True):
"""Write YAML file.
Parameters
----------
dictionary : dict
Python dictionary
filename : `~pathlib.Path`
Filename
logger : `~logging.Logger`
Logger
sort_keys : bool
Whether to sort keys.
"""
text = yaml.safe_dump(dictionary, default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=sort_keys)
path = make_path(filename)
path.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
if logger is not None:
logger.info(f"Writing {path}")
path.write_text(text)
def make_name(name=None):
if name is None:
return urlsafe_b64encode(codecs.decode(uuid4().hex, "hex")).decode()[:8]
else:
return name
[docs]def make_path(path):
"""Expand environment variables on `~pathlib.Path` construction.
Parameters
----------
path : str, `pathlib.Path`
path to expand
"""
# TODO: raise error or warning if environment variables that don't resolve are used
# e.g. "spam/$DAMN/ham" where `$DAMN` is not defined
# Otherwise this can result in cryptic errors later on
return Path(os.path.expandvars(path))
[docs]def recursive_merge_dicts(a, b):
"""Recursively merge two dictionaries.
Entries in b override entries in a. The built-in update function cannot be
used for hierarchical dicts, see:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3232943/update-value-of-a-nested-dictionary-of-varying-depth/3233356#3233356
Parameters
----------
a : dict
dictionary to be merged
b : dict
dictionary to be merged
Returns
-------
c : dict
merged dict
Examples
--------
>>> from gammapy.utils.scripts import recursive_merge_dicts
>>> a = dict(a=42, b=dict(c=43, e=44))
>>> b = dict(d=99, b=dict(c=50, g=98))
>>> c = recursive_merge_dicts(a, b)
>>> print(c)
{'a': 42, 'b': {'c': 50, 'e': 44, 'g': 98}, 'd': 99}
"""
c = a.copy()
for k, v in b.items():
if k in c and isinstance(c[k], dict):
c[k] = recursive_merge_dicts(c[k], v)
else:
c[k] = v
return c