Adding Bucket.path_helper static method for external use.

dhermes · dhermes · commit 5697f1a773f3 · 2015-02-03T12:54:56.000-08:00
This covers callers which want a bucket path but don't want to create a full-flegded Bucket object. See googleapis#586 for context.
diff --git a/gcloud/storage/bucket.py b/gcloud/storage/bucket.py
@@ -128,13 +128,25 @@ def connection(self):
         """
         return self._connection
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def path_helper(bucket_name):
+        """Relative URL path for a bucket.
+
+        :type bucket_name: string
+        :param bucket_name: The bucket name in the path.
+
+        :rtype: string
+        :returns: The relative URL path for ``bucket_name``.
+        """
+        return '/b/' + bucket_name
+
     @property
     def path(self):
         """The URL path to this bucket."""
         if not self.name:
             raise ValueError('Cannot determine path without bucket name.')
 
-        return '/b/' + self.name
+        return self.path_helper(self.name)
 
     def get_blob(self, blob):
         """Get a blob object by name.
diff --git a/gcloud/storage/connection.py b/gcloud/storage/connection.py
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def delete_bucket(self, bucket_name):
         :type bucket_name: string
         :param bucket_name: The bucket name to delete.
         """
-        bucket_path = '/b/' + bucket_name
+        bucket_path = Bucket.path_helper(bucket_name)
         self.api_request(method='DELETE', path=bucket_path)
 
 
