Class: QgsPathResolver

class qgis.core.QgsPathResolver(baseFileName: str = '')

Bases: sip.wrapper

Initialize path resolver with a base filename. Null filename means no conversion between relative/absolute path

QgsPathResolver(QgsPathResolver)

Resolves relative paths into absolute paths and vice versa. Used for writing

Methods

readPath

Turn filename read from the project file to an absolute path

removePathPreprocessor

Removes the custom pre-processor function with matching id.

setPathPreprocessor

Sets a path pre-processor function, which allows for manipulation of paths and data sources prior to resolving them to file references or layer sources.

writePath

Prepare a filename to save it to the project file.

readPath(self, filename: str)str

Turn filename read from the project file to an absolute path

Parameters

filename (str) –

Return type

str

removePathPreprocessor(id: str)

Removes the custom pre-processor function with matching id.

The id must correspond to a pre-processor previously added via a call to setPathPreprocessor(). An KeyError will be raised if no processor with the specified id exists.

New in version 3.10.

Parameters

id (str) –

setPathPreprocessor(Callable[..., None])str

Sets a path pre-processor function, which allows for manipulation of paths and data sources prior to resolving them to file references or layer sources.

The processor function must accept a single string argument (representing the original file path or data source), and return a processed version of this path.

The path pre-processor function is called before any bad layer handler.

Note

Setting a new processor replaces any existing processor.

Example - replace an outdated folder path with a new one:

def my_processor(path):
   return path.replace('c:/Users/ClintBarton/Documents/Projects', 'x:/Projects/')

QgsPathResolver.setPathPreprocessor(my_processor)

Example - replace a stored database host with a new one:

def my_processor(path):
   return path.replace('host=10.1.1.115', 'host=10.1.1.116')

QgsPathResolver.setPathPreprocessor(my_processor)

Example - replace stored database credentials with new ones:

def my_processor(path):
   path = path.replace("user='gis_team'", "user='team_awesome'")
   path = path.replace("password='cats'", "password='g7as!m*'")
   return path

QgsPathResolver.setPathPreprocessor(my_processor)

New in version 3.10.

Return type

str

writePath(self, filename: str)str

Prepare a filename to save it to the project file. Creates an absolute or relative path according to the project settings. Paths written to the project file should be prepared with this method.

Parameters

filename (str) –

Return type

str