Detailed Description

Kodi's file class.

`Class: xbmcvfs.File(filepath, [mode])`

Parameters

filepath string Selected file path

mode

[opt] string Additional mode options (if no mode is supplied, the default is Open for Read).

Mode	Description
w	Open for write

v19 Python API changes: Added context manager support

Example:

..
f = xbmcvfs.File(file, 'w')
..

Example (v19 and up):

..
with xbmcvfs.File(file, 'w') as f:
  ..
..

Function Documentation

◆ read()

read ( ... )

`Function: read([bytes])`

Read file parts as string.

Parameters

bytes [opt] How many bytes to read - if not set it will read the whole file

Returns: string

Example:

..
f = xbmcvfs.File(file)
b = f.read()
f.close()
..

Example (v19 and up):

..
with xbmcvfs.File(file) as file:
  b = f.read()
..

◆ readBytes()

readBytes ( ... )

`Function: readBytes(numbytes)`

Read bytes from file.

Parameters

numbytes How many bytes to read [opt]- if not set it will read the whole file

Returns: bytearray

Example:

..
f = xbmcvfs.File(file)
b = f.readBytes()
f.close()
..

Example (v19 and up):

..
with xbmcvfs.File(file) as f:
  b = f.readBytes()
..

◆ write()

write ( ... )

`Function: write(buffer)`

To write given data in file.

Parameters

buffer Buffer to write to file

Returns: True on success.

Example:

..
f = xbmcvfs.File(file, 'w')
result = f.write(buffer)
f.close()
..

Example (v19 and up):

..
with xbmcvfs.File(file, 'w') as f:
  result = f.write(buffer)
..

◆ size()

size ( )

`Function: size()`

Get the file size.

Returns: The file size

Example:

..
f = xbmcvfs.File(file)
s = f.size()
f.close()
..

Example (v19 and up):

..
with xbmcvfs.File(file) as f:
  s = f.size()
..

◆ seek()

seek ( ... )

`Function: seek(seekBytes, iWhence)`

Seek to position in file.

Parameters

seekBytes	position in the file
iWhence	[opt] where in a file to seek from[0 beginning, 1 current , 2 end position]

v19 Python API changes: Function changed. param iWhence is now optional.

Example:

..
f = xbmcvfs.File(file)
result = f.seek(8129, 0)
f.close()
..

Example (v19 and up):

..
with xbmcvfs.File(file) as f:
  result = f.seek(8129, 0)
..

◆ tell()

tell ( )

`Function: tell()`

Get the current position in the file.

Returns: The file position

v19 Python API changes: New function added

Example:

..
f = xbmcvfs.File(file)
s = f.tell()
f.close()
..

Example (v19 and up):

..
with xbmcvfs.File(file) as f:
  s = f.tell()
..

◆ close()

close ( )

`Function: close()`

Close opened file.

Example:

..
f = xbmcvfs.File(file)
f.close()
..

Example (v19 and up):

..
with xbmcvfs.File(file) as f:
  ..
..