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Creates a text file at the specified path with the given content, primarily used for testing purposes.

Purpose

This utility function is designed to facilitate test setup by creating text documents with specific content at designated file paths. It's commonly used in test suites to generate sample files for testing document processing, indexing, or file manipulation functionality. The function provides a simple interface for writing string content to disk using pathlib's Path object.

Source Code

def create_test_document(path: Path, content: str):
    """Create a test text document"""
    path.write_text(content)

Parameters

Parameter Details

path: A pathlib.Path object representing the file system location where the test document should be created. The path should include the filename and extension. Parent directories must exist or the function will raise an error.

content: A string containing the text content to be written to the file. Can be empty string, single line, or multi-line text. The content will be written using the default text encoding (typically UTF-8).

Return Value

This function returns None. It performs a side effect of creating/overwriting a file on disk but does not return any value.

Dependencies

• pathlib

Required Imports

from pathlib import Path

Usage Example

from pathlib import Path

# Create a test document in the current directory
test_path = Path('test_file.txt')
create_test_document(test_path, 'This is test content\nWith multiple lines')

# Create a test document in a temporary directory
import tempfile
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
    doc_path = Path(tmpdir) / 'sample.txt'
    create_test_document(doc_path, 'Sample document for testing')
    # File exists within the context and is cleaned up after

Best Practices

• Use this function only in test contexts, not for production file creation
• Ensure parent directories exist before calling this function to avoid FileNotFoundError
• Consider using tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() for test file creation to ensure automatic cleanup
• Be aware that this function will overwrite existing files without warning
• Use Path objects consistently rather than string paths for better cross-platform compatibility
• Clean up created test files after tests complete to avoid cluttering the file system

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