GeofabrikDownloader.get_default_pathname
- GeofabrikDownloader.get_default_pathname(subregion_name, osm_file_format, mkdir=False, update=False, verbose=False)[source]
Get the default pathname of a local directory for storing a downloaded data file.
The default file path is derived from the download URL of the requested data file.
- Parameters:
subregion_name (str) – name of a (sub)region available on Geofabrik free download server
osm_file_format (str) – file format/extension of the OSM data available on the download server
mkdir (bool) – whether to create a directory, defaults to
False
update (bool) – whether to (check on and) update the prepacked data, defaults to
False
verbose (bool | int) – whether to print relevant information in console, defaults to
False
- Returns:
default filename of the subregion and default (absolute) path to the file
- Return type:
Tuple[str, str]
Examples:
>>> from pydriosm.downloader import GeofabrikDownloader >>> import os >>> gfd = GeofabrikDownloader() >>> # Default filename and download path of the PBF data of London >>> subrgn_name, file_format = 'london', ".pbf" >>> pathname, filename = gfd.get_default_pathname(subrgn_name, file_format) >>> os.path.relpath(os.path.dirname(pathname)) 'osm_data\geofabrik\europe\great-britain\england\greater-london' >>> filename 'greater-london-latest.osm.pbf'