Subgroup: Vector

Class: QgsVectorFileWriterTask

class qgis.core.QgsVectorFileWriterTask(layer: QgsVectorLayer, fileName: str, options: QgsVectorFileWriter.SaveVectorOptions)

Bases: qgis._core.QgsTask

Constructor for QgsVectorFileWriterTask. Takes a source layer, destination fileName and save options.

QgsTask task which performs a QgsVectorFileWriter layer saving operation as a background task. This can be used to save a vector layer out to a file without blocking the QGIS interface.

New in version 3.0: Methods

cancel
childEvent
connectNotify
customEvent
disconnectNotify
finished
isCanceled
isSignalConnected
receivers
run
sender
senderSignalIndex
setProgress
timerEvent

Signals

errorOccurred Emitted when an error occurs which prevented the file being written (or if the task is canceled).
writeComplete Emitted when writing the layer is successfully completed.

Attributes

cancel(self)
childEvent()
connectNotify()
customEvent()
disconnectNotify()
errorOccurred

Emitted when an error occurs which prevented the file being written (or if the task is canceled). The writing error and errorMessage will be reported. [signal]

finished(self, result: bool)
isCanceled()
isSignalConnected()
receivers()
run(self) → bool
sender()
senderSignalIndex()
setProgress()
timerEvent()
writeComplete

Emitted when writing the layer is successfully completed. The newFilename parameter indicates the file path for the written file. [signal]