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class to watch directory for changes
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from Watcher import Watcher | |
def on_created(event): | |
pass | |
def on_deleted(event): | |
pass | |
def on_modified(event): | |
pass | |
def on_moved(event): | |
pass | |
watcher = Watcher() | |
watcher.set_path("/path/to/dir") | |
watcher.on_created(on_created) | |
watcher.on_deleted(on_deleted) | |
watcher.on_modified(on_modified) | |
watcher.on_deleted(on_moved) | |
watcher.start() |
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import sys | |
import time | |
from watchdog.observers import Observer | |
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler | |
class Watcher: | |
def __init__(self, path="", on_created=None, on_deleted=None, on_modified=None, on_moved=None): | |
self.event_handler = FileSystemEventHandler() | |
self.observer = Observer() | |
self.running = False | |
self.path = path | |
if on_created: | |
self.on_created(on_created) | |
if on_deleted: | |
self.on_deleted(on_deleted) | |
if on_modified: | |
self.on_modified(on_modified) | |
if on_moved: | |
self.on_moved(on_moved) | |
# events - passes event object with event.event_type, event.src_path, event.is_directory | |
def on_created(self, method): | |
self.event_handler.on_created = method | |
def on_deleted(self, method): | |
self.event_handler.on_deleted = method | |
def on_modified(self, method): | |
self.event_handler.on_modified = method | |
def on_moved(self, method): | |
self.event_handler.on_moved = method | |
def set_path(self, path): | |
self.path = path | |
def start(self): | |
self.running = True | |
self.observer.schedule(self.event_handler, self.path, recursive=True) | |
self.observer.start() | |
try: | |
while self.running: | |
time.sleep(1) | |
finally: | |
self.observer.stop() | |
self.observer.join() | |
def stop(self): | |
self.running = False |
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using pip module watchdog==2.1.6