commandSearch.pins module

commandSearch.pins.findLocation()

Pins get stored in the LOCALAPPDATA variable as a json file, since the local path changes per user, the path gets contructed each time. In case the LOCALAPPDATA directory gets cleared.

Returns:Path to pins json file Return type:str

commandSearch.pins.get()

Get all pins from the global variable, if the global variable cannot be found an empty dictionary will be returned.

Returns:Pins data Return type:dict

commandSearch.pins.read()

Decode the data stored in the pins file and set it in the global PINS variable. If a path cannot be found, the PINS variable will be an empty dictionary.

commandSearch.pins.write()

Encode the data stored in the global PINS variable and write it to pins location path.

Raises:ValueError – if save location cannot be found