Add more methods for saving and reading file data

help_docs/method_summary.md

@@ -434,6 +434,10 @@ self.save_file_as(file_url, new_file_name, destination_folder=None)
 
 self.save_data_as(data, file_name, destination_folder=None)
 
+self.append_data_to_file(data, file_name, destination_folder=None)
+
+self.get_file_data(file_name, folder=None)
+
 self.get_downloads_folder()
 
 self.get_browser_downloads_folder()

seleniumbase/fixtures/base_case.py

@@ -6453,13 +6453,32 @@ class BaseCase(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
     def save_data_as(self, data, file_name, destination_folder=None):
-        """Saves the data specified to a file of the name specified.
+        """Saves the data specified to the file specified.
         If no destination folder is specified, the default one is used.
-        (The default [Downloads Folder] = "./downloaded_files")"""
+        (The default folder = "./downloaded_files")
+        Use "." as the destination folder for the current directory."""
         if not destination_folder:
             destination_folder = constants.Files.DOWNLOADS_FOLDER
         page_utils._save_data_as(data, destination_folder, file_name)
 
+    def append_data_to_file(self, data, file_name, destination_folder=None):
+        """Appends the data specified to the file specified.
+        If no destination folder is specified, the default one is used.
+        (The default folder = "./downloaded_files")
+        Use "." as the folder for the current directory."""
+        if not destination_folder:
+            destination_folder = constants.Files.DOWNLOADS_FOLDER
+        page_utils._append_data_to_file(data, destination_folder, file_name)
+
+    def get_file_data(self, file_name, folder=None):
+        """Gets the data from the file specified.
+        If no folder is specified, the default one is used.
+        (The default folder = "./downloaded_files")
+        Use "." as the folder for the current directory."""
+        if not folder:
+            folder = constants.Files.DOWNLOADS_FOLDER
+        return page_utils._get_file_data(folder, file_name)
+
     def get_downloads_folder(self):
         """Returns the path of the SeleniumBase "downloaded_files/" folder.
         Calling self.download_file(file_url) will put that file in here.

seleniumbase/fixtures/page_utils.py

@@ -253,11 +253,45 @@ def _download_file_to(file_url, destination_folder, new_file_name=None):
 
 
 def _save_data_as(data, destination_folder, file_name):
-    out_file = codecs.open(
-        destination_folder + "/" + file_name, "w+", encoding="utf-8"
+    download_file_lock = fasteners.InterProcessLock(
+        constants.MultiBrowser.DOWNLOAD_FILE_LOCK
     )
-    out_file.writelines(data)
-    out_file.close()
+    with download_file_lock:
+        out_file = codecs.open(
+            os.path.join(destination_folder, file_name), "w+", encoding="utf-8"
+        )
+        out_file.writelines(data)
+        out_file.close()
+
+
+def _append_data_to_file(data, destination_folder, file_name):
+    download_file_lock = fasteners.InterProcessLock(
+        constants.MultiBrowser.DOWNLOAD_FILE_LOCK
+    )
+    with download_file_lock:
+        existing_data = ""
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(destination_folder, file_name)):
+            with open(os.path.join(destination_folder, file_name), "r") as f:
+                existing_data = f.read()
+            if not existing_data.split("\n")[-1] == "":
+                existing_data += "\n"
+        out_file = codecs.open(
+            os.path.join(destination_folder, file_name), "w+", encoding="utf-8"
+        )
+        out_file.writelines("%s%s" % (existing_data, data))
+        out_file.close()
+
+
+def _get_file_data(folder, file_name):
+    download_file_lock = fasteners.InterProcessLock(
+        constants.MultiBrowser.DOWNLOAD_FILE_LOCK
+    )
+    with download_file_lock:
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(folder, file_name)):
+            raise Exception("File not found!")
+        with open(os.path.join(folder, file_name), "r") as f:
+            data = f.read()
+        return data
 
 
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