Treat a string as a file in python

Question

In the interest of not rewriting an open source library, I want to treat a string of text as a file in python 3.

Suppose I have the file contents as a stri

Answer 1

the other answers didn't work for me, but I managed to figure it out.

When using Python 3, you'll want to use io package.

    import io
    with io.StringIO("some initial text data") as f:
        # now you can do things with f as if it was an opened file.
        function_that_requires_a_Fileobject_as_argument(f)