Source code for ktk.doc
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Copyright 2022-2025 Félix Chénier
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"""Provide documentation tools to learn using Kinetics Toolkit."""
__author__ = "Félix Chénier"
__copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2022-2025 Félix Chénier"
__email__ = "chenier.felix@uqam.ca"
__license__ = "Apache 2.0"
import kineticstoolkit.config as config
from kineticstoolkit.typing_ import check_param
import os
def __dir__():
return ["download"]
[docs]
def download(filename: str, **kwargs) -> str:
"""
Download example data and return its local file name.
This function downloads example data from GitHub. These data are the same
as those used to generate the documentation website:
https://kineticstoolkit.uqam.ca
Parameters
----------
filename
A string that indicates which file to download.
Returns
-------
str
The file name (with complete path) of the downloaded sample data.
Caution
-------
These example data are volatile; they are supplied only for the user to
reproduce the tutorials. Therefore, these data may change according to
changes in the tutorials.
Note
----
The `**kwargs` arguments are for debugging and internal use only.
"""
# Additional information for developers:
# kwargs may include force_download=True, to force download from github.
# In standard case, the local git version is used to save on download time.
check_param("filename", filename, str)
if "force_download" not in kwargs:
kwargs["force_download"] = False
try:
import requests
except ModuleNotFoundError:
raise ModuleNotFoundError(
"The requests module is an optional dependency of Kinetics "
"Toolkit. It must be installed to allow downloading data."
)
# Try to get the file locally from the local git repository
path = config.root_folder + "/data/" + filename
if os.path.exists(path) is True and kwargs["force_download"] is False:
return path
else:
# Otherwise download it.
file = requests.get(
"https://github.com/felixchenier/kineticstoolkit/raw/master/data/"
+ filename
)
if file.status_code == 404:
raise FileNotFoundError(
f"'{filename}' could not be found on the server."
)
path = config.temp_folder + "/" + filename
open(path, "wb").write(file.content)
return path