defmodule Moar.File do # @related [test](/test/file_test.exs) @moduledoc "File-related functions." @doc """ Returns a randomly-named path in the system temp directory. Does not actually create the file at the path. For example, `Moar.File.new_tempfile_path(".txt")` would return something like `"/var/folders/3r/n09zyyy16yddj9m2d1ppzvt40000gn/T/XY7V5E26DV.txt"`. ```elixir iex> Moar.File.new_tempfile_path(".txt") |> File.exists?() false ``` """ @spec new_tempfile_path(file_extension :: binary()) :: binary() def new_tempfile_path(file_extension), do: System.tmp_dir!() |> Path.join(Moar.Random.string(10, :base32) <> file_extension) @doc """ Writes `contents` to a new temp file with extension `file_extension`, and returns the path to the file. For example, `Moar.File.write_tempfile("hello", ".txt")` would create a file in a path something like `/var/folders/3r/n09zyyy16yddj9m2d1ppzvt40000gn/T/RHUEJCCH22.txt` with the contents `hello`. ```elixir iex> Moar.File.write_tempfile("hello", ".txt") |> File.read!() "hello" ``` """ @spec write_tempfile(contents :: iodata(), file_extension :: binary()) :: binary() def write_tempfile(contents, file_extension), do: file_extension |> new_tempfile_path() |> tap(&File.write!(&1, contents, [:append])) end