{ "mode": "pydoc", "parameter": "platformdirs", "section": "", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/pydoc/platformdirs/json", "generated": "2026-06-02T15:02:48Z", "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "platformdirs\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "Utilities for determining application-specific dirs. See for details and\nusage.\n", "subsections": [] }, "PACKAGE CONTENTS": { "content": "main\nandroid\napi\nmacos\nunix\nversion\nwindows\n", "subsections": [] }, "CLASSES": { "content": "abc.ABC(builtins.object)\nplatformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC\nplatformdirs.unix.Unix\n\nAppDirs = class Unix(platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC)\n| AppDirs(appname: 'str | None' = None, appauthor: 'str | None | Literal[False]' = None, version: 'str | None' = None, roaming: 'bool' = False, multipath: 'bool' = False, opinion: 'bool' = True)\n|\n| On Unix/Linux, we follow the\n| `XDG Basedir Spec `. The spec allows\n| overriding directories with environment variables. The examples show are the default values, alongside the name of\n| the environment variable that overrides them. Makes use of the\n| `appname `,\n| `version `,\n| `multipath `,\n| `opinion `.\n|\n| Method resolution order:\n| Unix\n| platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC\n| abc.ABC\n| builtins.object\n|\n| Readonly properties defined here:\n|\n| siteconfigdir\n| :return: config directories shared by users (if `multipath `\n| is enabled and ``XDGDATADIR`` is set and a multi path the response is also a multi path separated by the OS\n| path separator), e.g. ``/etc/xdg/$appname/$version``\n|\n| siteconfigpath\n| :return: config path shared by the users. Only return first item, even if ``multipath`` is set to ``True``\n|\n| sitedatadir\n| :return: data directories shared by users (if `multipath ` is\n| enabled and ``XDGDATADIR`` is set and a multi path the response is also a multi path separated by the OS\n| path separator), e.g. ``/usr/local/share/$appname/$version`` or ``/usr/share/$appname/$version``\n|\n| sitedatapath\n| :return: data path shared by users. Only return first item, even if ``multipath`` is set to ``True``\n|\n| usercachedir\n| :return: cache directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/.cache/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``~/$XDGCACHEHOME/$appname/$version``\n|\n| userconfigdir\n| :return: config directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/.config/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``$XDGCONFIGHOME/$appname/$version``\n|\n| userdatadir\n| :return: data directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/.local/share/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``$XDGDATAHOME/$appname/$version``\n|\n| userdocumentsdir\n| :return: documents directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/Documents``\n|\n| userlogdir\n| :return: log directory tied to the user, same as `userdatadir` if not opinionated else ``log`` in it\n|\n| userruntimedir\n| :return: runtime directory tied to the user, e.g. ``/run/user/$(id -u)/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``$XDGRUNTIMEDIR/$appname/$version``\n|\n| userstatedir\n| :return: state directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/.local/state/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``$XDGSTATEHOME/$appname/$version``\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Data and other attributes defined here:\n|\n| abstractmethods = frozenset()\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Methods inherited from platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC:\n|\n| init(self, appname: 'str | None' = None, appauthor: 'str | None | Literal[False]' = None, version: 'str | None' = None, roaming: 'bool' = False, multipath: 'bool' = False, opinion: 'bool' = True)\n| Create a new platform directory.\n|\n| :param appname: See `appname`.\n| :param appauthor: See `appauthor`.\n| :param version: See `version`.\n| :param roaming: See `roaming`.\n| :param multipath: See `multipath`.\n| :param opinion: See `opinion`.\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Readonly properties inherited from platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC:\n|\n| usercachepath\n| :return: cache path tied to the user\n|\n| userconfigpath\n| :return: config path tied to the user\n|\n| userdatapath\n| :return: data path tied to the user\n|\n| userdocumentspath\n| :return: documents path tied to the user\n|\n| userlogpath\n| :return: log path tied to the user\n|\n| userruntimepath\n| :return: runtime path tied to the user\n|\n| userstatepath\n| :return: state path tied to the user\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Data descriptors inherited from platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC:\n|\n| dict\n| dictionary for instance variables (if defined)\n|\n| weakref\n| list of weak references to the object (if defined)\n\nPlatformDirs = class Unix(platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC)\n| PlatformDirs(appname: 'str | None' = None, appauthor: 'str | None | Literal[False]' = None, version: 'str | None' = None, roaming: 'bool' = False, multipath: 'bool' = False, opinion: 'bool' = True)\n|\n| On Unix/Linux, we follow the\n| `XDG Basedir Spec `. The spec allows\n| overriding directories with environment variables. The examples show are the default values, alongside the name of\n| the environment variable that overrides them. Makes use of the\n| `appname `,\n| `version `,\n| `multipath `,\n| `opinion `.\n|\n| Method resolution order:\n| Unix\n| platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC\n| abc.ABC\n| builtins.object\n|\n| Readonly properties defined here:\n|\n| siteconfigdir\n| :return: config directories shared by users (if `multipath `\n| is enabled and ``XDGDATADIR`` is set and a multi path the response is also a multi path separated by the OS\n| path separator), e.g. ``/etc/xdg/$appname/$version``\n|\n| siteconfigpath\n| :return: config path shared by the users. Only return first item, even if ``multipath`` is set to ``True``\n|\n| sitedatadir\n| :return: data directories shared by users (if `multipath ` is\n| enabled and ``XDGDATADIR`` is set and a multi path the response is also a multi path separated by the OS\n| path separator), e.g. ``/usr/local/share/$appname/$version`` or ``/usr/share/$appname/$version``\n|\n| sitedatapath\n| :return: data path shared by users. Only return first item, even if ``multipath`` is set to ``True``\n|\n| usercachedir\n| :return: cache directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/.cache/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``~/$XDGCACHEHOME/$appname/$version``\n|\n| userconfigdir\n| :return: config directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/.config/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``$XDGCONFIGHOME/$appname/$version``\n|\n| userdatadir\n| :return: data directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/.local/share/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``$XDGDATAHOME/$appname/$version``\n|\n| userdocumentsdir\n| :return: documents directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/Documents``\n|\n| userlogdir\n| :return: log directory tied to the user, same as `userdatadir` if not opinionated else ``log`` in it\n|\n| userruntimedir\n| :return: runtime directory tied to the user, e.g. ``/run/user/$(id -u)/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``$XDGRUNTIMEDIR/$appname/$version``\n|\n| userstatedir\n| :return: state directory tied to the user, e.g. ``~/.local/state/$appname/$version`` or\n| ``$XDGSTATEHOME/$appname/$version``\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Data and other attributes defined here:\n|\n| abstractmethods = frozenset()\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Methods inherited from platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC:\n|\n| init(self, appname: 'str | None' = None, appauthor: 'str | None | Literal[False]' = None, version: 'str | None' = None, roaming: 'bool' = False, multipath: 'bool' = False, opinion: 'bool' = True)\n| Create a new platform directory.\n|\n| :param appname: See `appname`.\n| :param appauthor: See `appauthor`.\n| :param version: See `version`.\n| :param roaming: See `roaming`.\n| :param multipath: See `multipath`.\n| :param opinion: See `opinion`.\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Readonly properties inherited from platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC:\n|\n| usercachepath\n| :return: cache path tied to the user\n|\n| userconfigpath\n| :return: config path tied to the user\n|\n| userdatapath\n| :return: data path tied to the user\n|\n| userdocumentspath\n| :return: documents path tied to the user\n|\n| userlogpath\n| :return: log path tied to the user\n|\n| userruntimepath\n| :return: runtime path tied to the user\n|\n| userstatepath\n| :return: state path tied to the user\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Data descriptors inherited from platformdirs.api.PlatformDirsABC:\n|\n| dict\n| dictionary for instance variables (if defined)\n|\n| weakref\n| list of weak references to the object (if defined)\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "class PlatformDirsABC", "content": "| PlatformDirsABC(appname: 'str | None' = None, appauthor: 'str | None | Literal[False]' = None, version: 'str | None' = None, roaming: 'bool' = False, multipath: 'bool' = False, opinion: 'bool' = True)\n|\n| Abstract base class for platform directories.\n|\n| Method resolution order:\n| PlatformDirsABC\n| abc.ABC\n| builtins.object\n|\n| Methods defined here:\n|\n| init(self, appname: 'str | None' = None, appauthor: 'str | None | Literal[False]' = None, version: 'str | None' = None, roaming: 'bool' = False, multipath: 'bool' = False, opinion: 'bool' = True)\n| Create a new platform directory.\n|\n| :param appname: See `appname`.\n| :param appauthor: See `appauthor`.\n| :param version: See `version`.\n| :param roaming: See `roaming`.\n| :param multipath: See `multipath`.\n| :param opinion: See `opinion`.\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Readonly properties defined here:\n|\n| siteconfigdir\n| :return: config directory shared by the users\n|\n| siteconfigpath\n| :return: config path shared by the users\n|\n| sitedatadir\n| :return: data directory shared by users\n|\n| sitedatapath\n| :return: data path shared by users\n|\n| usercachedir\n| :return: cache directory tied to the user\n|\n| usercachepath\n| :return: cache path tied to the user\n|\n| userconfigdir\n| :return: config directory tied to the user\n|\n| userconfigpath\n| :return: config path tied to the user\n|\n| userdatadir\n| :return: data directory tied to the user\n|\n| userdatapath\n| :return: data path tied to the user\n|\n| userdocumentsdir\n| :return: documents directory tied to the user\n|\n| userdocumentspath\n| :return: documents path tied to the user\n|\n| userlogdir\n| :return: log directory tied to the user\n|\n| userlogpath\n| :return: log path tied to the user\n|\n| userruntimedir\n| :return: runtime directory tied to the user\n|\n| userruntimepath\n| :return: runtime path tied to the user\n|\n| userstatedir\n| :return: state directory tied to the user\n|\n| userstatepath\n| :return: state path tied to the user\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Data descriptors defined here:\n|\n| dict\n| dictionary for instance variables (if defined)\n|\n| weakref\n| list of weak references to the object (if defined)\n|\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n| Data and other attributes defined here:\n|\n| abstractmethods = frozenset({'siteconfigdir', 'sitedatadir', '...\n" } ] }, "FUNCTIONS": { "content": "", "subsections": [ { "name": "site_config_dir", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param multipath: See `roaming `.\n:returns: config directory shared by the users\n" }, { "name": "site_config_path", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param multipath: See `roaming `.\n:returns: config path shared by the users\n" }, { "name": "site_data_dir", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param multipath: See `roaming `.\n:returns: data directory shared by users\n" }, { "name": "site_data_path", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param multipath: See `multipath `.\n:returns: data path shared by users\n" }, { "name": "user_cache_dir", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param opinion: See `roaming `.\n:returns: cache directory tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_cache_path", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param opinion: See `roaming `.\n:returns: cache path tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_config_dir", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param roaming: See `roaming `.\n:returns: config directory tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_config_path", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param roaming: See `roaming `.\n:returns: config path tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_data_dir", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param roaming: See `roaming `.\n:returns: data directory tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_data_path", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param roaming: See `roaming `.\n:returns: data path tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_documents_dir", "content": ":returns: documents directory tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_documents_path", "content": ":returns: documents path tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_log_dir", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param opinion: See `roaming `.\n:returns: log directory tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_log_path", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param opinion: See `roaming `.\n:returns: log path tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_runtime_dir", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param opinion: See `opinion `.\n:returns: runtime directory tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_runtime_path", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param opinion: See `opinion `.\n:returns: runtime path tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_state_dir", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param roaming: See `roaming `.\n:returns: state directory tied to the user\n" }, { "name": "user_state_path", "content": ":param appname: See `appname `.\n:param appauthor: See `appauthor `.\n:param version: See `version `.\n:param roaming: See `roaming `.\n:returns: state path tied to the user\n" } ] }, "DATA": { "content": "all = ['version', 'versioninfo', 'PlatformDirs', 'AppDirs...\nversioninfo = (2, 5, 1)\n", "subsections": [] }, "VERSION": { "content": "2.5.1\n", "subsections": [] }, "FILE": { "content": "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/platformdirs/init.py\n\n", "subsections": [] } }, "summary": "platformdirs", "flags": [], "examples": [], "see_also": [] }