Randomly Displaying File Event Messages with Watchdog Library

This function uses the watchdog library to monitor file changes in a specified directory, including file creation, modification, and deletion. It randomly selects an event type to output corresponding messages.

Technology Stack : watchdog

Code Type : Python Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import random
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler

def random_file_event_handler(path, event_type):
    if event_type == 'modified':
        print(f"File {path} has been modified.")
    elif event_type == 'created':
        print(f"File {path} has been created.")
    elif event_type == 'deleted':
        print(f"File {path} has been deleted.")

def start_watching_directory(directory):
    event_handler = FileSystemEventHandler()
    event_handler.on_any_event = random_file_event_handler
    observer = Observer()
    observer.schedule(event_handler, directory, recursive=True)
    observer.start()
    try:
        while True:
            time.sleep(1)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        observer.stop()
    observer.join()