import os import sys from pathlib import Path from typing import Literal WINDOWS = sys.platform.startswith("win") or (sys.platform == "cli" and os.name == "nt") def user_cache_dir(appname: str) -> Path: r""" Return full path to the user-specific cache dir for this application. "appname" is the name of application. Typical user cache directories are: macOS: ~/Library/Caches/ Unix: ~/.cache/ (XDG default) Windows: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\\Cache On Windows the only suggestion in the MSDN docs is that local settings go in the `CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA` directory. This is identical to the non-roaming app data dir (the default returned by `user_data_dir`). Apps typically put cache data somewhere *under* the given dir here. Some examples: ...\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\\Cache ...\Acme\SuperApp\Cache\1.0 OPINION: This function appends "Cache" to the `CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA` value. """ if WINDOWS: return _get_win_folder("CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA") / appname / "Cache" elif sys.platform == "darwin": return Path("~/Library/Caches").expanduser() / appname else: return Path(os.getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME", "~/.cache")).expanduser() / appname def user_data_dir(appname: str, roaming: bool = False) -> Path: r""" Return full path to the user-specific data dir for this application. "appname" is the name of application. If None, just the system directory is returned. "roaming" (boolean, default False) can be set True to use the Windows roaming appdata directory. That means that for users on a Windows network setup for roaming profiles, this user data will be sync'd on login. See for a discussion of issues. Typical user data directories are: macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/ Unix: ~/.local/share/ # or in $XDG_DATA_HOME, if defined Win XP (not roaming): C:\Documents and Settings\\ ... ...Application Data\ Win XP (roaming): C:\Documents and Settings\\Local ... ...Settings\Application Data\ Win 7 (not roaming): C:\Users\\AppData\Local\ Win 7 (roaming): C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\ For Unix, we follow the XDG spec and support $XDG_DATA_HOME. That means, by default "~/.local/share/". """ if WINDOWS: const = "CSIDL_APPDATA" if roaming else "CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA" return Path(_get_win_folder(const)) / appname elif sys.platform == "darwin": return Path("~/Library/Application Support/").expanduser() / appname else: return Path(os.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME", "~/.local/share")).expanduser() / appname def user_config_dir(appname: str, roaming: bool = True) -> Path: """Return full path to the user-specific config dir for this application. "appname" is the name of application. If None, just the system directory is returned. "roaming" (boolean, default True) can be set False to not use the Windows roaming appdata directory. That means that for users on a Windows network setup for roaming profiles, this user data will be sync'd on login. See for a discussion of issues. Typical user data directories are: macOS: same as user_data_dir Unix: ~/.config/ Win *: same as user_data_dir For Unix, we follow the XDG spec and support $XDG_CONFIG_HOME. That means, by default "~/.config/". """ if WINDOWS: return user_data_dir(appname, roaming=roaming) elif sys.platform == "darwin": return user_data_dir(appname) else: return Path(os.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "~/.config")).expanduser() / appname # -- Windows support functions -- def _get_win_folder_from_registry( csidl_name: Literal["CSIDL_APPDATA", "CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA", "CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA"] ) -> Path: """ This is a fallback technique at best. I'm not sure if using the registry for this guarantees us the correct answer for all CSIDL_* names. """ import winreg shell_folder_name = { "CSIDL_APPDATA": "AppData", "CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA": "Common AppData", "CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA": "Local AppData", }[csidl_name] key = winreg.OpenKey( winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders", ) directory, _type = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, shell_folder_name) return Path(directory) def _get_win_folder_with_ctypes( csidl_name: Literal["CSIDL_APPDATA", "CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA", "CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA"] ) -> Path: csidl_const = { "CSIDL_APPDATA": 26, "CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA": 35, "CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA": 28, }[csidl_name] buf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(1024) ctypes.windll.shell32.SHGetFolderPathW(None, csidl_const, None, 0, buf) # Downgrade to short path name if have highbit chars. See # . has_high_char = any(ord(c) > 255 for c in buf) if has_high_char: buf2 = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(1024) if ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetShortPathNameW(buf.value, buf2, 1024): buf = buf2 return Path(buf.value) if WINDOWS: try: import ctypes _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_with_ctypes except ImportError: _get_win_folder = _get_win_folder_from_registry