How do I check whether a file exists without exceptions?

Question

How do I check if a file exists or not, without using the try statement?

Answer 1

You have the os.path.exists function:

import os.path
os.path.exists(file_path)

This returns True for both files and directories but you can instead use

os.path.isfile(file_path)

to test if it's a file specifically. It follows symlinks.