serverfiles

library0.3.1pypypi✓ verified 88d ago

A utility that accesses files on a HTTP server and stores them locally for reuse with caching and integrity checks. Current version 0.3.1, release cadence is low.

storage

pip install serverfiles

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · SERVERFILES

serverfiles

storagepythonv0.3.1

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

ServerFiles

✓ from serverfiles import ServerFiles

✗ from serverfiles.server import ServerFiles

older internal path

Initialize with URL and local cache path, then download files with automatic caching.

from serverfiles import ServerFiles sf = ServerFiles('https://example.com/path/to/files/', localpath='/tmp/my_cache') # download file and cache locally local_path = sf.get('file.txt') print(local_path) # e.g., /tmp/my_cache/file.txt

Debug

Known issues

deprecatedPython 2 support is deprecated. Use Python 3.6+.

fix

Upgrade to Python 3 and use serverfiles >=0.3.0.

affects: <0.3.0

gotchalocalpath must exist or be writable; function does not create directories automatically.

fix

Ensure the directory exists before initializing ServerFiles.

affects: all

gotchaget() raises RuntimeError if HTTP server returns non-200, not a Python requests exception.

fix

Wrap get() in try-except for RuntimeError.

affects: all

breakingIn version 0.3.0, the module structure changed. Import path 'serverfiles.server' no longer works.

fix

Use 'from serverfiles import ServerFiles' instead.

affects: >=0.3.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

RuntimeError: Server returned status 404: Not Found

Requested file does not exist on server, or URL is incorrect.

fix

Verify the file URL and that the file exists on the server.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'serverfiles'

Package not installed.

fix

Run 'pip install serverfiles'.

AttributeError: 'ServerFiles' object has no attribute 'get'

Using an outdated version of serverfiles where method names differ.

fix

Update to the latest version (>=0.3.0) and use 'get()'.

Upgrade

Version history

0.3.1latest on PyPI · released Jan 22, 2021

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/biolab/serverfiles ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/biolab/serverfiles ↗