BUG: pathlib.Path in io (pandas-dev#16292)

* BUG: pathlib.Path in io

* CLN: factor out pathlib roundtrip

* add localpath tests for other io

* fixup

* xfail SAS; type in parser

* missing import

* xfail for pandas-dev#14704

* fix to_csv

* lint

* lint cleanup

* add feather (xfail)

(cherry picked from commit 4cd8458)

Author: chris-b1

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.20.2.txt

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Performance Improvements
 Bug Fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
+- Bug in using ``pathlib.Path`` or ``py.path.local`` objects with io functions (:issue:`16291`)
+
 Conversion
 ^^^^^^^^^^
 

pandas/io/common.py

@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ def _get_handle(path_or_buf, mode, encoding=None, compression=None,
 
     handles = list()
     f = path_or_buf
+
+    # Convert pathlib.Path/py.path.local or string
+    path_or_buf = _stringify_path(path_or_buf)
     is_path = isinstance(path_or_buf, compat.string_types)
 
     if compression:

pandas/io/formats/format.py

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
                            OrderedDict, unichr)
 from pandas.io.formats.terminal import get_terminal_size
 from pandas.core.config import get_option, set_option
-from pandas.io.common import _get_handle, UnicodeWriter, _expand_user
+from pandas.io.common import (_get_handle, UnicodeWriter, _expand_user,
+                              _stringify_path)
 from pandas.io.formats.printing import adjoin, justify, pprint_thing
 from pandas.io.formats.common import get_level_lengths
 import pandas.core.common as com
@@ -1475,7 +1476,7 @@ def __init__(self, obj, path_or_buf=None, sep=",", na_rep='',
         if path_or_buf is None:
             path_or_buf = StringIO()
 
-        self.path_or_buf = _expand_user(path_or_buf)
+        self.path_or_buf = _expand_user(_stringify_path(path_or_buf))
         self.sep = sep
         self.na_rep = na_rep
         self.float_format = float_format

pandas/tests/io/parser/common.py

@@ -679,6 +679,19 @@ def test_file(self):
 
         tm.assert_frame_equal(url_table, local_table)
 
+    def test_path_pathlib(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+        result = tm.round_trip_pathlib(df.to_csv,
+                                       lambda p: self.read_csv(p, index_col=0))
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+    def test_path_localpath(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+        result = tm.round_trip_localpath(
+            df.to_csv,
+            lambda p: self.read_csv(p, index_col=0))
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
     def test_nonexistent_path(self):
         # gh-2428: pls no segfault
         # gh-14086: raise more helpful FileNotFoundError

pandas/tests/io/sas/test_sas7bdat.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import pandas.util.testing as tm
 import os
 import io
+import pytest
 import numpy as np
 
 
@@ -65,6 +66,29 @@ def test_from_iterator(self):
                 tm.assert_frame_equal(df, df0.iloc[2:5, :])
                 rdr.close()
 
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="read_sas currently doesn't work with pathlib")
+    def test_path_pathlib(self):
+        tm._skip_if_no_pathlib()
+        from pathlib import Path
+        for j in 0, 1:
+            df0 = self.data[j]
+            for k in self.test_ix[j]:
+                fname = Path(os.path.join(self.dirpath, "test%d.sas7bdat" % k))
+                df = pd.read_sas(fname, encoding='utf-8')
+                tm.assert_frame_equal(df, df0)
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="read_sas currently doesn't work with localpath")
+    def test_path_localpath(self):
+        tm._skip_if_no_localpath()
+        from py.path import local as LocalPath
+        for j in 0, 1:
+            df0 = self.data[j]
+            for k in self.test_ix[j]:
+                fname = LocalPath(os.path.join(self.dirpath,
+                                               "test%d.sas7bdat" % k))
+                df = pd.read_sas(fname, encoding='utf-8')
+                tm.assert_frame_equal(df, df0)
+
     def test_iterator_loop(self):
         # github #13654
         for j in 0, 1:

pandas/tests/io/test_excel.py

@@ -1858,6 +1858,16 @@ def test_freeze_panes(self):
             result = read_excel(path)
             tm.assert_frame_equal(expected, result)
 
+    def test_path_pathlib(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+        result = tm.round_trip_pathlib(df.to_excel, pd.read_excel)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+    def test_path_localpath(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+        result = tm.round_trip_localpath(df.to_excel, pd.read_excel)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
 
 def raise_wrapper(major_ver):
     def versioned_raise_wrapper(orig_method):

pandas/tests/io/test_feather.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from feather import FeatherError
 from pandas.util.testing import assert_frame_equal, ensure_clean
+import pandas.util.testing as tm
 
 
 @pytest.mark.single
@@ -114,3 +115,15 @@ def test_write_with_index(self):
         df.index = [0, 1, 2]
         df.columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples([('a', 1), ('a', 2), ('b', 1)]),
         self.check_error_on_write(df, ValueError)
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="feather currently doesn't work with pathlib")
+    def test_path_pathlib(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame().reset_index()
+        result = tm.round_trip_pathlib(df.to_feather, pd.read_feather)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="feather currently doesn't work with localpath")
+    def test_path_localpath(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame().reset_index()
+        result = tm.round_trip_localpath(df.to_feather, pd.read_feather)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)

pandas/tests/io/test_packers.py

@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ def test_string_io(self):
             result = read_msgpack(p)
             tm.assert_frame_equal(result, df)
 
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="msgpack currently doesn't work with pathlib")
+    def test_path_pathlib(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+        result = tm.round_trip_pathlib(df.to_msgpack, read_msgpack)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="msgpack currently doesn't work with localpath")
+    def test_path_localpath(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+        result = tm.round_trip_localpath(df.to_msgpack, read_msgpack)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
     def test_iterator_with_string_io(self):
 
         dfs = [DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 2)) for i in range(5)]

pandas/tests/io/test_pickle.py

@@ -299,6 +299,18 @@ def test_pickle_v0_15_2():
     tm.assert_categorical_equal(cat, pd.read_pickle(pickle_path))
 
 
+def test_pickle_path_pathlib():
+    df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+    result = tm.round_trip_pathlib(df.to_pickle, pd.read_pickle)
+    tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+
+def test_pickle_path_localpath():
+    df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+    result = tm.round_trip_localpath(df.to_pickle, pd.read_pickle)
+    tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+
 # ---------------------
 # test pickle compression
 # ---------------------

pandas/tests/io/test_pytables.py

@@ -4282,6 +4282,49 @@ def test_select_filter_corner(self):
             result = store.select('frame', [crit])
             tm.assert_frame_equal(result, df.loc[:, df.columns[:75:2]])
 
+    def test_path_pathlib(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+
+        result = tm.round_trip_pathlib(
+            lambda p: df.to_hdf(p, 'df'),
+            lambda p: pd.read_hdf(p, 'df'))
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason='pathlib currently doesnt work with HDFStore')
+    def test_path_pathlib_hdfstore(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+
+        def writer(path):
+            with pd.HDFStore(path) as store:
+                df.to_hdf(store, 'df')
+
+        def reader(path):
+            with pd.HDFStore(path) as store:
+                pd.read_hdf(store, 'df')
+        result = tm.round_trip_pathlib(writer, reader)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+    def test_pickle_path_localpath(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+        result = tm.round_trip_pathlib(
+            lambda p: df.to_hdf(p, 'df'),
+            lambda p: pd.read_hdf(p, 'df'))
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason='localpath currently doesnt work with HDFStore')
+    def test_path_localpath_hdfstore(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+
+        def writer(path):
+            with pd.HDFStore(path) as store:
+                df.to_hdf(store, 'df')
+
+        def reader(path):
+            with pd.HDFStore(path) as store:
+                pd.read_hdf(store, 'df')
+        result = tm.round_trip_localpath(writer, reader)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
     def _check_roundtrip(self, obj, comparator, compression=False, **kwargs):
 
         options = {}

pandas/tests/io/test_stata.py

@@ -1283,3 +1283,15 @@ def test_invalid_encoding(self):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             with tm.ensure_clean() as path:
                 original.to_stata(path, encoding='utf-8')
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="stata currently doesn't work with pathlib")
+    def test_path_pathlib(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+        result = tm.round_trip_pathlib(df.to_stata, read_stata)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="stata currently doesn't work with localpath")
+    def test_pickle_path_localpath(self):
+        df = tm.makeDataFrame()
+        result = tm.round_trip_localpath(df.to_stata, read_stata)
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(df, result)

pandas/util/testing.py

@@ -117,6 +117,63 @@ def round_trip_pickle(obj, path=None):
         return pd.read_pickle(path)
 
 
+def round_trip_pathlib(writer, reader, path=None):
+    """
+    Write an object to file specifed by a pathlib.Path and read it back
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    writer : callable bound to pandas object
+        IO writing function (e.g. DataFrame.to_csv )
+    reader : callable
+        IO reading function (e.g. pd.read_csv )
+    path : str, default None
+        The path where the object is written and then read.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    round_trip_object : pandas object
+        The original object that was serialized and then re-read.
+    """
+
+    import pytest
+    Path = pytest.importorskip('pathlib').Path
+    if path is None:
+        path = '___pathlib___'
+    with ensure_clean(path) as path:
+        writer(Path(path))
+        obj = reader(Path(path))
+    return obj
+
+
+def round_trip_localpath(writer, reader, path=None):
+    """
+    Write an object to file specifed by a py.path LocalPath and read it back
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    writer : callable bound to pandas object
+        IO writing function (e.g. DataFrame.to_csv )
+    reader : callable
+        IO reading function (e.g. pd.read_csv )
+    path : str, default None
+        The path where the object is written and then read.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    round_trip_object : pandas object
+        The original object that was serialized and then re-read.
+    """
+    import pytest
+    LocalPath = pytest.importorskip('py.path').local
+    if path is None:
+        path = '___localpath___'
+    with ensure_clean(path) as path:
+        writer(LocalPath(path))
+        obj = reader(LocalPath(path))
+    return obj
+
+
 def assert_almost_equal(left, right, check_exact=False,
                         check_dtype='equiv', check_less_precise=False,
                         **kwargs):