dirlib

dirlib is a minimum library for getting a directory that is used by putting on configuration files. This is inspired by Golang standard library function called os.UserConfigDir(). Currently, Windows, Unix and macOS are supported.

Installation

pip install dirlib

How to use

import dirlib

# On Windows
print(dirlib.user_config_dir()) #=> %AppData% or %UserProfile%

# On Unix
print(dirlib.user_config_dir()) #=> $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or $HOME/.config

# On macOS
print(dirlib.user_config_dir()) #=> $HOME/Libary/Application Support

user_config_dir() can pass the two arguments. The first one is an application name. Here is an example on Windows.

import dirlib
app_name = "mysupercooltool"
print(dirlib.user_config_dir(app_name)) #=> C:\Users\chihiro\AppData\Roaming\mysupercooltool