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File Handling
File handling is an important part of any web application. Python has several functions for creating, reading, updating, and deleting files.
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The key function for working with files in Python is the open()
function.
The open()
function takes two parameters; filename, and mode.
There are four different methods (modes) for opening a file:
"r"
- Read - Default value. Opens a file for reading, error if the file does not exist
"a"
- Append - Opens a file for appending, creates the file if it does not exist
"w"
- Write - Opens a file for writing, creates the file if it does not exist
"x"
- Create - Creates the specified file, returns an error if the file exists
In addition you can specify if the file should be handled as binary or text mode
"t"
- Text - Default value. Text mode
"b"
- Binary - Binary mode (e.g. images)
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