Class: QgsVectorFileWriterTask

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

Bases: 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.

Parameters
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)
Parameters

result (bool) –

isCanceled()
isSignalConnected()
receivers()
run(self) → bool
Return type

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.

Note

this signal is deprecated in favor of completed(). [signal]