valpas.utils.checker.check_outfile

valpas.utils.checker.check_outfile(path)

Checks whether the outfile passed to the function satisfies certain criteria. Returns the absolute path to the file. Can be used in conjuction with the type paramater in argparse.ArgumentParser.add_argument.

Parameters:

path (str | PathLike | Path) – A path like object that contains the file path that should be checked for compliance.

Returns:

Returns the absolute Path to the file if the file is compliant.

Return type:

str

Raises:

• TypeError – If the passed path argument is not in a path like format

• ValueError – If the supplied file is not a defined type (in this case .csv or .xlsx).