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SourceFile

Represents a file with source code in the codebase. Enables creating, reading, updating, and deleting files and searching through their contents, etc.

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Inherits from

Usable, HasBlock, File, Importable, Expression, Editable, HasName

Attributes

classes

Returns all Classes in the file.

code_block

Represents the block of code contained in the file.

content

Returns the content of the file as a UTF-8 encoded string.

decorators

Returns list of all decorators on this Symbol.

directory

Returns the directory that contains this file.

docstring

Retrieves the docstring of the expression.

extended

Returns a SymbolGroup of all extended nodes associated with this element.

extended_source

Returns the source text representation of all extended nodes.

extension

Returns the file extension.

file

A property that returns the file object for non-source files.

file_path

The relative file path as a string.

filepath

Retrieves the file path of the file that this Editable instance belongs to.

full_name

Returns the full name of the object, including the namespace path.

function_calls

Returns all function calls within the code block and its decorators.

functions

Returns all Functions in the file.

global_vars

Returns all GlobalVars in the file.

import_module_name

Returns the module name that this file gets imported as.

import_statements

Returns all ImportStatements in the file, where each import statement can contain

importers

Returns all imports that directly imports this file as a module.

imports

List of all Imports in this file.

inbound_imports

Returns all imports that are importing symbols contained in this file.

is_binary

Indicates whether the file contains binary data.

is_decorated

Check if the symbol has decorators.

name

Retrieves the base name of the object without namespace prefixes.

owners

Returns the CODEOWNERS of the file.

parent

The parent node of this Editable instance.

parent_class

Find the class this node is contained in

parent_function

Find the function this node is contained in

parent_statement

Find the statement this node is contained in

path

The absolute path of the file as a Path object.

resolved_value

Returns the resolved type of an Expression.

source

Text representation of the Editable instance.

start_byte

Returns the starting byte position of a file in its content.

symbols_sorted_topologically

Returns all Symbols in the file, sorted topologically (parents first). Robust to

variable_usages

Returns Editables for all TreeSitter node instances of variable usages within this node's

Methods

add_decorator

Adds a decorator to a function or method.

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Parameters

new_decoratorrequired

The decorator to add, including the '@' symbol.

skip_if_existsdefault: False

If True, skips adding if the decorator exists.

Returns

True if the decorator was added, False if skipped.

add_import

Adds an import to the file.

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Parameters

imprequired

Either a Symbol to import or a string representation of an import statement.

aliasdefault: None

Optional alias for the imported symbol. Only used when imp is a Symbol. Defaults to None.

import_typedefault: ImportType.UNKNOWN

The type of import to use. Only used when imp is a Symbol. Defaults to ImportType.UNKNOWN.

is_type_importdefault: False

Whether this is a type-only import. Only used when imp is a Symbol. Defaults to False.

Returns

The existing import for the symbol if found, otherwise None.

add_symbol

Adds symbol to the file.

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Parameters

symbolrequired

The symbol to add to the file.

should_exportdefault: True

Whether to export the symbol. Defaults to True.

Returns

The existing symbol if it already exists in the file or None if it was added.

add_symbol_from_source

Adds a symbol to a file from a string representation.

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Parameters

sourcerequired

String representation of the symbol to be added. This should be valid source code for

Returns

The symbol is added directly to the file's content.

ancestors

Find all ancestors of the node of the given type. Does not return itself

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Returns

dependencies

Returns a list of symbols that this symbol depends on.

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Parameters

usage_typesdefault: UsageType.DIRECT

The types of dependencies to search for. Defaults to UsageType.DIRECT.

max_depthdefault: None

Maximum depth to traverse in the dependency graph. If provided, will recursively collect

Returns

A list of symbols and imports that this symbol depends on, sorted by file location.

edit

Replace the source of this file with new_src.

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Parameters

new_srcrequired

The new source text to replace the current text with.

fix_indentationdefault: False

If True, adjusts the indentation of new_src to match the current

prioritydefault: 0

The priority of the edit transaction. Higher priority edits are

dedupedefault: True

If True, deduplicates identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

find

Find and return matching nodes or substrings within an Editable instance.

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Parameters

strings_to_matchrequired

One or more strings to search for.

exactdefault: False

If True, only return nodes whose source exactly matches one of the strings_to_match.

Returns

A list of Editable instances that match the search criteria.

find_by_byte_range

Finds all editable objects that overlap with the given byte range in the file.

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Parameters

rangerequired

The byte range to search within the file.

Returns

A list of all Editable objects that overlap with the given range.

find_string_literals

Returns a list of string literals within this node's source that match any of the given

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Parameters

strings_to_matchrequired

A list of strings to search for in string literals.

fuzzy_matchdefault: False

If True, matches substrings within string literals. If False, only matches exact strings. Defaults to False.

Returns

A list of Editable objects representing the matching string literals.

flag

Adds a visual flag comment to the end of this Editable's source text.

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Returns

get_class

Returns a specific Class by full name. Returns None if not found.

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Parameters

namerequired

The full name of the class to search for.

Returns

The matching Class object if found, None otherwise.

get_function

Returns a specific Function by name.

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Parameters

namerequired

The name of the function to find.

Returns

The matching Function object if found, None otherwise.

get_global_var

Returns a specific global var by name. Returns None if not found.

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Parameters

namerequired

The name of the global variable to find.

Returns

The global variable if found, None otherwise.

get_import

Returns the import with matching alias. Returns None if not found.

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Parameters

symbol_aliasrequired

The alias name to search for. This can match either the direct import name or the aliased name.

Returns

The import statement with the matching alias if found, None otherwise.

get_name

Returns the name node of the object.

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Returns

The name node of the object. Can be a Name node for simple names, a ChainedAttribute for names with namespaces (e.g., a.b), or None if the object has no name.

get_symbol

Gets a symbol by its name from the file.

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Parameters

namerequired

The name of the symbol to find.

Returns

The found symbol, or None if not found.

get_variable_usages

Returns Editables for all TreeSitter nodes corresponding to instances of variable usage

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Parameters

var_namerequired

The variable name to search for.

fuzzy_matchdefault: False

If True, matches variables where var_name is a substring. If False, requires exact match. Defaults to False.

Returns

List of Editable objects representing variable usage nodes matching the given name.

has_import

Returns True if the file has an import with the given alias.

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Parameters

symbol_aliasrequired

The alias to check for in the import statements.

Returns

True if an import with the given alias exists, False otherwise.

insert_after

Inserts code after this node.

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Parameters

new_srcrequired

The source code to insert after this node.

fix_indentationdefault: False

Whether to adjust the indentation of new_src to match the current node. Defaults to False.

newlinedefault: True

Whether to add a newline before the new_src. Defaults to True.

prioritydefault: 0

Priority of the insertion transaction. Defaults to 0.

dedupedefault: True

Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

insert_before

Inserts text before this node's source with optional indentation and newline handling.

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Parameters

new_srcrequired

The text to insert before this node.

fix_indentationdefault: False

Whether to fix the indentation of new_src to match the current node. Defaults to False.

newlinedefault: True

Whether to add a newline after new_src. Defaults to True.

prioritydefault: 0

Transaction priority for managing multiple edits. Defaults to 0.

dedupedefault: True

Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

is_child_of

Checks if this node is a descendant of the given editable instance in the AST.

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Returns

is_wrapped_in

Check if this node is contained another node of the given class

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Returns

parent_of_type

Find the first ancestor of the node of the given type. Does not return itself

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Returns

parent_of_types

Find the first ancestor of the node of the given type. Does not return itself

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Returns

reduce_condition

Reduces an editable to the following condition

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Returns

remove

Removes the file from the file system and graph.

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Returns

remove_unused_exports

Removes unused exports from the file.

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Returns

rename

Renames a symbol and updates all its references in the codebase.

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Parameters

new_namerequired

The new name for the symbol.

prioritydefault: 0

Priority of the edit operation. Defaults to 0.

Returns

A tuple containing the file node ID and the new node ID of the renamed symbol.

replace

Replace occurrences of text in the file.

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Parameters

oldrequired

The text to be replaced.

newrequired

The text to replace with.

countdefault: -1

Maximum number of replacements to make. -1 means replace all occurrences.

is_regexdefault: False

If True, treat 'old' as a regular expression pattern.

prioritydefault: 0

The priority of the edit transaction. Higher priority edits are

Returns

List of affected Editable objects. For non-source files, always returns an empty list since they don't have Editable sub-components.

Returns a list of all regex match of regex_pattern, similar to python's re.search().

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Parameters

regex_patternrequired

The regular expression pattern to search for.

include_stringsdefault: True

When False, excludes the contents of string literals from the search. Defaults to True.

include_commentsdefault: True

When False, excludes the contents of comments from the search. Defaults to True.

Returns

A list of Editable objects corresponding to the matches found.

set_docstring

Sets or updates the docstring for the current entity.

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Parameters

docstringrequired

The new docstring content to set.

Returns

This method doesn't return anything.

set_name

Sets the name of a code element.

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Parameters

namerequired

The new name to set for the object.

Returns

symbol_can_be_added

Checks if the file type supports adding the given symbol.

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Parameters

symbolrequired

The symbol to check for add compatibility.

Returns

True if the symbol can be added to this file type, False otherwise.

symbol_usages

Returns a list of symbols that use or import the exportable object.

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Parameters

usage_typesdefault: None

The types of usages to search for. Defaults to any.

Returns

A list of symbols that use or import the exportable object.

symbols

Returns all Symbols in the file, sorted by position in the file.

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Returns

A list of all top-level symbols in the file, sorted by their position in the file. Symbols can be one of the following types: - Symbol: Base symbol class - TClass: Class definition - TFunction: Function definition - TGlobalVar: Global variable assignment - TInterface: Interface definition

update_filepath

Renames the file and updates all imports to point to the new location.

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Parameters

new_filepathrequired

The new filepath to move the file to.

Returns

usages

Returns a list of usages of the exportable object.

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Parameters

usage_typesdefault: None

Specifies which types of usages to include in the results. Default is any usages.

Returns

A sorted list of Usage objects representing where this exportable is used, ordered by source location in reverse.