[utils] Add missing mode and encoding arguments

[youtube-dl] / youtube_dl / utils.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 65b492fb336e4e26f7193377c48282a3b5464939..f8ec5389f4978a6060070be019a176e0deff46d4 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import socket
 import struct
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import traceback
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import zlib
@@ -228,18 +229,42 @@ else:
         assert type(s) == type(u'')
         print(s)
 
-# In Python 2.x, json.dump expects a bytestream.
-# In Python 3.x, it writes to a character stream
-if sys.version_info < (3,0):
-    def write_json_file(obj, fn):
-        with open(fn, 'wb') as f:
-            json.dump(obj, f)
-else:
-    def write_json_file(obj, fn):
-        with open(fn, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-            json.dump(obj, f)
 
-if sys.version_info >= (2,7):
+def write_json_file(obj, fn):
+    """ Encode obj as JSON and write it to fn, atomically """
+
+    args = {
+        'suffix': '.tmp',
+        'prefix': os.path.basename(fn) + '.',
+        'dir': os.path.dirname(fn),
+        'delete': False,
+    }
+
+    # In Python 2.x, json.dump expects a bytestream.
+    # In Python 3.x, it writes to a character stream
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+        args['mode'] = 'wb'
+    else:
+        args.update({
+            'mode': 'w',
+            'encoding': 'utf-8',
+        })
+
+    tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(**args)
+
+    try:
+        with tf:
+            json.dump(obj, tf)
+        os.rename(tf.name, fn)
+    except:
+        try:
+            os.remove(tf.name)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        raise
+
+
+if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
     def find_xpath_attr(node, xpath, key, val):
         """ Find the xpath xpath[@key=val] """
         assert re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z-]+$', key)
@@ -827,6 +852,7 @@ def unified_strdate(date_str):
         '%b %dnd %Y %I:%M%p',
         '%b %dth %Y %I:%M%p',
         '%Y-%m-%d',
+        '%Y/%m/%d',
         '%d.%m.%Y',
         '%d/%m/%Y',
         '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S',