lp.bugs.interfaces.webservice.IBugAttachment : API documentation

A file attachment to an IBug.

Launchpadlib example of accessing content of an attachment:

for attachment in bug.attachments:
    buffer = attachment.data.open()
    for line in buffer:
        print line
    buffer.close()

Launchpadlib example of accessing metadata about an attachment:

attachment = bug.attachments[0]
print "title:", attachment.title
print "ispatch:", attachment.type

For information about the file-like object returned by attachment.data.open() see lazr.restfulclient's documentation of the HostedFile object.

Details about the message associated with an attachment can be found on the "message" attribute:

message = attachment.message
print "subject:", message.subject.encode('utf-8')
print "owner:", message.owner.display_name.encode('utf-8')
print "created:", message.date_created

Int	id	Undocumented
Bytes	libraryfile	Undocumented
Bool	is_patch	Is this attachment a patch?
Method	removeFromBug	Remove the attachment from the bug.
Method	destroySelf	Delete this record.
Method	getFileByName	Return the `ILibraryFileAlias for the given file name.
Int	_messageID	Undocumented

Inherited from IHasBug:

Int

bug

Undocumented

def getFileByName(filename):

Return the `ILibraryFileAlias for the given file name.

NotFoundError is raised if the given filename does not match
libraryfile.filename.

l.b.i.w.IBugAttachment(IHasBug) : interface documentation