general.py

import os

#create folder
def create_project_dir(directory):
	if not os.path.exists(directory):
		print("CREATING PROJECT")
		os.makedirs(directory)

#create queue and crawled files
def create_data_files(project_name,base_url):
	queue=project_name+'/queue.txt'
	crawled=project_name+'/crawled.txt'
	if not os.path.isfile(queue):
		write_file(queue,base_url)
	if not os.path.isfile(crawled):
		write_file(crawled,'')
#create a file
def write_file(path,data):
	f=open(path,'w')
	f.write(data)
	f.close()

#add data on an existing file
def append_to_file(path,data):
	with open(path,'a') as file:
		file.write(data+'\n')
#deleting a file
def delete_file_contents(path):
	with open(path,'w'):
		pass
#Read a file and convert to set
def file_to_set(file_name):
	results=set()
	with open(file_name,'rt') as f:
		for line in f:
			results.add(line.replace('\n',''))
	return results
#iterate through set and each link to file
def set_to_file(links,file):
	delete_file_contents(file)
	for link in sorted(links):
		append_to_file(file,link)