How can I create a tmp file in Python?

Question

I have this function that references the path of a file:

some_obj.file_name(FILE_PATH)

where FILE_PATH is a string of the path of a file, i

Answer 1

I think you're looking for this: http://docs.python.org/library/tempfile.html

import tempfile
with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp:
    print(tmp.name)
    tmp.write(...)

But:

Whether the name can be used to open the file a second time, while the named temporary file is still open, varies across platforms (it can be so used on Unix; it cannot on Windows NT or later).

If that is a concern for you:

import os, tempfile
tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
try:
    print(tmp.name)
    tmp.write(...)
finally:
    os.unlink(tmp.name)
    tmp.close()