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Write to a tempfile by 'tempfile' module (in Python 3.7)
import tempfile
def write_to_temp_file(obj):
"""
Write an object to a temporary file. The location of the temp file is
determined by the OS.
Args:
obj: a writable object.
Returns:
str: the temp file path.
"""
temp_name = None
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as temp:
temp.write(bytes(obj, encoding='utf-8'))
temp_name = temp.name
assert temp_name is not None
return temp_name
# Simple string ------------------------
x=write_to_temp_file('hello')
print(x)
open(x,'r',encoding = 'utf-8').read()
# JSON ------------------------
import json
js=json.dumps({'lat': 0, 'lon': 0})
y=write_to_temp_file(js)
print(y)
open(y,'r',encoding = 'utf-8').read()
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