FileType
- FileType(mode='r', bufsize=-1, encoding=None, errors=None)
Deprecated since 3.14.
Deprecated factory for creating file object types
Instances of FileType are typically passed as type= arguments to the
ArgumentParser add_argument() method.
Keyword Arguments:
- mode -- A string indicating how the file is to be opened. Accepts the
same values as the builtin open() function.
- bufsize -- The file's desired buffer size. Accepts the same values as
the builtin open() function.
- encoding -- The file's encoding. Accepts the same values as the
builtin open() function.
- errors -- A string indicating how encoding and decoding errors are to
be handled. Accepts the same value as the builtin open() function.© Python Software Foundation. PSF License Version 2 · Official docs ↗
Changed in 3.4
- 3.4: Added the encoding and errors parameters.
1 Example
>>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() >>> parser.add_argument('--raw', type=argparse.FileType('wb', 0)) >>> parser.add_argument('out', type=argparse.FileType('w', encoding='UTF-8')) >>> parser.parse_args(['--raw', 'raw.dat', 'file.txt']) Namespace(out=<_io.TextIOWrapper name='file.txt' mode='w' encoding='UTF-8'>, raw=<_io.FileIO name='raw.dat' mode='wb'>)
from the Python docs