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

list[ Class ]

Returns all Classes in the file.

code_block

CodeBlock

content

str

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

decorators

list[ Decorator ]

Returns list of all decorators on this Symbol.

dependencies

list[Union[ Symbol , Import ]]

Returns a list of symbols that this symbol depends on.

directory

Directory | None

Returns the directory that contains this file.

docstring

CommentGroup | None

Retrieves the docstring of the expression.

extended

SymbolGroup

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

extended_source

str

Returns the source text representation of all extended nodes.

extension

str

Returns the file extension.

file

SourceFile

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

file_node_id

NodeId

file_path

str

filepath

str

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

full_name

str | None

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

function_calls

list[ FunctionCall ]

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

functions

list[ Function ]

Returns all Functions in the file.

global_vars

list[ Assignment ]

Returns all GlobalVars in the file.

import_module_name

str

Returns the module name that this file gets imported as.

import_statements

list[ ImportStatement ]

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

importers

list[ Import ]

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

imports

list[ Import ]

List of all Imports in this file.

inbound_imports

list[ Import ]

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

is_binary

bool

Indicates whether the file contains binary data.

is_decorated

bool

Check if the symbol has decorators.

name

str | None

Retrieves the base name of the object without namespace prefixes.

node_type

Literal[NodeType.FILE]

owners

set[str]

Returns the CODEOWNERS of the file.

parent

Editable

parent_class

Class | None

Find the class this node is contained in

parent_function

Function | None

Find the function this node is contained in

parent_statement

Statement | None

Find the statement this node is contained in

path

Path

resolved_value

Expression | list[ Expression ]

Returns the resolved type of an Expression.

source

str

Text representation of the Editable instance.

start_byte

int

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

symbols_sorted_topologically

list[ Symbol ]

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

ts_node

TSNode

variable_usages

list[ Editable ]

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_decorator

str

required

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

skip_if_exists

bool, optional

default:False

If True, skips adding if the decorator exists.

Returns

bool

True if the decorator was added, False if skipped.

add_import_from_import_string

Adds import to the file from a string representation of an import statement.

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Parameters

import_string

str

required

The string representation of the import statement to add.

Returns

None

add_symbol

Adds symbol to the file.

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Parameters

symbol

Symbol

required

The symbol to add to the file.

should_export

bool, optional

default:True

Whether to export the symbol. Defaults to True.

Returns

Symbol | None

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

source

str

required

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

Returns

None

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

add_symbol_import

Adds an import to a file for a given symbol.

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Parameters

symbol

Symbol

required

The symbol to import.

alias

str | None

default:None

Optional alias for the imported symbol. Defaults to None.

import_type

ImportType

default:ImportType.UNKNOWN

The type of import to use. Defaults to ImportType.UNKNOWN.

is_type_import

bool

default:False

Whether this is a type-only import. Defaults to False.

Returns

Import | None

The existing import for the symbol or None if it was added.

ancestors

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

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Returns

list[ Editable ]

edit

Replace the source of this Editable with new_src.

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The new source text to replace the current text with.

fix_indentation

bool

default:False

If True, adjusts the indentation of `new_src` to match the current text's indentation level. Defaults to False.

priority

int

default:0

The priority of the edit transaction. Higher priority edits are applied first. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool

default:True

If True, deduplicates identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

find

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

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Parameters

strings_to_match

Union[list[str], str]

required

One or more strings to search for.

exact

bool

default:False

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

Returns

list[ Editable ]

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

range

Range

required

The byte range to search within the file.

Returns

list[ Editable ]

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_match

list[str]

required

A list of strings to search for in string literals.

fuzzy_match

bool

default:False

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

Returns

list[ Editable ]

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

CodeFlag[ SourceFile ]

get_class

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

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Parameters

name

str

required

The full name of the class to search for.

Returns

Class | None

The matching Class object if found, None otherwise.

get_function

Returns a specific Function by name.

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Parameters

name

str

required

The name of the function to find.

Returns

Function | None

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

name

str

required

The name of the global variable to find.

Returns

Assignment | None

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_alias

str

required

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

Returns

Import | None

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

Name | ChainedAttribute | None

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

name

str

required

The name of the symbol to find.

Returns

Symbol | None

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_name

str

required

The variable name to search for.

fuzzy_match

bool

default:False

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

Returns

list[ Editable ]

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_alias

str

required

The alias to check for in the import statements.

Returns

bool

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

insert_after

Inserts code after this node.

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The source code to insert after this node.

fix_indentation

bool, optional

default:False

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

newline

bool, optional

default:True

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

priority

int, optional

default:0

Priority of the insertion transaction. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool, optional

default:True

Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

insert_before

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

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The text to insert before this node.

fix_indentation

bool

default:False

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

newline

bool

default:True

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

priority

int

default:0

Transaction priority for managing multiple edits. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool

default:True

Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

is_wrapped_in

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

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Returns

bool

parent_of_type

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

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Returns

Editable | None

reduce_condition

Reduces an editable to the following condition

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Returns

None

remove

Removes the file from the file system and graph.

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Returns

None

remove_unused_exports

Removes unused exports from the file.

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Returns

None

rename

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

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Parameters

new_name

str

required

The new name for the symbol.

priority

int

default:0

Priority of the edit operation. Defaults to 0.

Returns

tuple[NodeId, NodeId]

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

replace

Search and replace occurrences of text within this node’s source and its extended nodes.

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Parameters

old

str

required

The text or pattern to search for.

new

str

required

The text to replace matches with.

count

int, optional

default:-1

Maximum number of replacements to make. Defaults to -1 (replace all).

is_regex

bool, optional

default:False

Whether to treat 'old' as a regex pattern. Defaults to False.

priority

int, optional

default:0

Priority of the replacement operation. Defaults to 0.

Returns

int

The total number of replacements made.

search

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

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Parameters

regex_pattern

str

required

The regular expression pattern to search for.

include_strings

bool

default:True

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

include_comments

bool

default:True

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

Returns

list[ Editable ]

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

docstring

str

required

The new docstring content to set.

Returns

None

This method doesn't return anything.

set_name

Sets the name of a code element.

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Parameters

name

str

required

The new name to set for the object.

Returns

None

symbol_can_be_added

Checks if the file type supports adding the given symbol.

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Parameters

symbol

Symbol

required

The symbol to check for add compatibility.

Returns

bool

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_types

UsageType | None

default:None

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

Returns

list[ Import | Symbol | Export ]

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

list[ Symbol | Class | Function | Assignment | TInterface]

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_filepath

str

required

The new filepath to move the file to.

Returns

None

usages

Returns a list of usages of the exportable object.

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Parameters

usage_types

UsageType | None

default:None

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

Returns

list[ Usage ]

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