Merge pull request #135 from opalmer/124-GetTempPath

Implement GetTempPath()

.gitignore

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /*.egg-info/
 /docs/build/
 /.tox/
+/.cache/
 /.coverage
 /.coverage.*
 /coverage.*

docs/source/changelog.rst

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Notable enhancements and changes are:
     * Various improvements to the tests and build including replacement of
       nosetests with pytest, transition from pep8 to pycodestyle and upgrading
       tools and libraries to more modern versions.
+    * :issue:`124` - Implemented :func:`pywincffi.kernel32.file.GetTempPath`
     * :issue:`123` - Implemented :func:`pywincffi.kernel32.event.SetEvent`
 
 0.4.0

pywincffi/core/cdefs/headers/functions.h

@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ BOOL WINAPI SetHandleInformation(
   _In_ DWORD  dwFlags
 );
 
+// https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa364992
+DWORD WINAPI GetTempPath(
+  _In_  DWORD  nBufferLength,
+  _Out_ LPTSTR lpBuffer
+);
+
 // https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ms724251
 BOOL WINAPI DuplicateHandle(
   _In_  HANDLE   hSourceProcessHandle,

pywincffi/kernel32/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # it's close to the way Windows would present them (as a single module)
 from pywincffi.kernel32.file import (
     ReadFile, WriteFile, FlushFileBuffers, MoveFileEx, CreateFile, LockFileEx,
-    UnlockFileEx)
+    UnlockFileEx, GetTempPath)
 from pywincffi.kernel32.handle import (
     CloseHandle, GetStdHandle, GetHandleInformation, SetHandleInformation,
     DuplicateHandle)

pywincffi/kernel32/file.py

@@ -399,3 +399,22 @@ def UnlockFileEx(
         wintype_to_cdata(lpOverlapped)
     )
     error_check("UnlockFileEx", code=code, expected=NON_ZERO)
+
+
+def GetTempPath():
+    """
+    Retrieves the path of the directory designated for temporary files.
+
+    .. seealso::
+
+        https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa364992
+
+    :returns:
+        Returns a string containing the value produced by the underlying
+        C function.
+    """
+    ffi, library = dist.load()
+    lpBuffer = ffi.new("TCHAR[{}]".format(library.MAX_PATH + 1))
+    code = library.GetTempPath(library.MAX_PATH + 1, lpBuffer)
+    error_check("GetTempPath", code=code, expected=NON_ZERO)
+    return ffi.string(lpBuffer)

tests/test_kernel32/test_file.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from errno import EEXIST
 from os.path import isfile
 
 from mock import patch
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
 from pywincffi.kernel32 import file as _file  # used for mocks
 from pywincffi.kernel32 import (
     CreateFile, CloseHandle, MoveFileEx, WriteFile, FlushFileBuffers,
-    LockFileEx, UnlockFileEx, ReadFile)
+    LockFileEx, UnlockFileEx, ReadFile, GetTempPath)
 from pywincffi.wintypes import handle_from_file
 
 
@@ -294,3 +295,12 @@ def test_unlock_file(self):
 
         subprocess.check_call([
             sys.executable, "-c", "open(%r, 'r').read()" % self.path])
+
+
+class TestGetTempPath(TestCase):
+    def test_call(self):
+        path = GetTempPath()
+        try:
+            os.makedirs(path)
+        except OSError as err:
+            self.assertEqual(err.errno, EEXIST)