file_utils.cpp File Reference

handles file related tasks More...

#include "file_utils.h"
#include "random_utils.h"
#include "compatibility_utils.h"
#include "utils.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <map>

Include dependency graph for file_utils.cpp:

Functions
std::vector< fs::path >	file_utils::listSubdirectories (fs::path path)
	lists subdirectories in a directory More...
std::vector< fs::path >	file_utils::listFiles (fs::path path)
	lists files in a directory More...
std::vector< fs::path >	file_utils::getNRandomFiles (size_t n, fs::path directory)
	retrieves n random files More...
fs::path	file_utils::getRandomFile (fs::path directory)
	retrieves a random file More...
std::vector< fs::path >	file_utils::getNRandomFilesFromSubdirectories (size_t n, const std::vector< fs::path > &directories)
	retrieves n random files from given subdirectories More...
fs::path	file_utils::getPathToResource (const std::string &resource)
	retrieves the resource path More...
std::vector< std::string >	file_utils::convertPathsToFrontendStrings (const std::vector< fs::path > &paths)
	converts file paths to frontend strings More...
std::string	file_utils::convertPathToFrontendString (fs::path path)
	converts file path to frontend string More...
std::vector< std::vector< std::string > >	file_utils::readCSV (fs::path path)

Detailed Description

handles file related tasks

Author

Cameron Bruce

Copyright

2023 Locked & Coded

Function Documentation

convertPathsToFrontendStrings()

std::vector< std::string > file_utils::convertPathsToFrontendStrings

(

const std::vector< fs::path > &

paths

)

converts file paths to frontend strings

passes file paths in a given vector to a helper function to convert into strings for the frontend

Parameters

paths

vector of file paths

Returns

vector of frontend strings

convertPathToFrontendString()

std::string file_utils::convertPathToFrontendString

(

fs::path

path

)

converts file path to frontend string

converts the file path to a string relative to the frontend and url encodes it

Parameters

path	a file path

Returns

a frontend string

getNRandomFiles()

std::vector< fs::path > file_utils::getNRandomFiles	(	size_t	n,
		fs::path	directory
	)

retrieves n random files

creates and returns a filepath vector of n random files in the directory

Parameters

n	number of random files to return
directory	path of the directory to retrieve files from

Returns

vector of n random file paths

getNRandomFilesFromSubdirectories()

std::vector< fs::path > file_utils::getNRandomFilesFromSubdirectories	(	size_t	n,
		const std::vector< fs::path > &	directories
	)

retrieves n random files from given subdirectories

creates and returns a file path vector of n random files from the subdirectories

Parameters

n	number of random files to return
subdirectories	vector of subdirectories to retrieve random files from

Returns

vector of n random file paths

getPathToResource()

fs::path file_utils::getPathToResource

(

const std::string &

resource

)

retrieves the resource path

Parameters

resource

string representation of resource

Returns

the resource path

getRandomFile()

fs::path file_utils::getRandomFile

(

fs::path

directory

)

retrieves a random file

returns the filepath of a random file in the directory

Parameters

path	path of the directory to retrieve the file from

Returns

a random file's path

listFiles()

std::vector< fs::path > file_utils::listFiles

(

fs::path

path

)

lists files in a directory

creates and returns a filepath vector of the files in directory

Parameters

path	path of the directory to list files from

Returns

vector of file paths

listSubdirectories()

std::vector< fs::path > file_utils::listSubdirectories

(

fs::path

path

)

lists subdirectories in a directory

creates and returns a filepath vector of the subdirectories in the directory

Parameters

path	path of the directory to list subdirectories from

Returns