GuiShell/ui/file_browser/file_list.py

import os
from .PathObject import PathObject
from .FileObject import FileObject

filetype = {
    "txt": "Text",
    "doc": "Text",
    "rtf": "Text",
    "odt": "Text",
    "mp3": "Music",
    "flac": "Music",
    "wav": "Music",
    "mp4": "Video",
    "flv": "Video",
    "mkv": "Video",
    "avi": "Video",
    "webm": "Video",
    "mov": "Video",
    "jpg": "Image",
    "jpeg": "Image",
    "png": "Image",
    "gif": "Image",
    "bmp": "Image",
    "tiff": "Image",
    "webp": "Image",
    "exe": "Executable"
}

# determines a file's type, based on its extension
def determine_type(file_name):
    try:
        extension = str(file_name).rsplit('.', 1)[1]
        type = filetype.get(extension, "File")
        return type
    except:
        return "File"


# creates two FileObject lists, containing all the files and
# folders found in the path given as argument
def get_files_dirs(path):
    dir_path = str(path)
    # lists for storing files and folders as FileObjects
    files = []
    dirs = []
    
    # inserts all file and folder names (strings) found in the path into file_names
    file_names = os.listdir(dir_path)
    for file in file_names:
        abs_path = os.path.join(dir_path, file)
        if os.path.isfile(abs_path):
            files.append(file)
        elif os.path.isdir(abs_path):
            dirs.append(file)
    return files, dirs