"""Small shared file-IO helpers for credential/manifest JSON under ``~/.flash``.""" from __future__ import annotations import contextlib import json import os from pathlib import Path def read_json_or_empty(path: Path) -> dict: """Parse a JSON object file, returning ``{}`` if it's missing or unreadable.""" try: return json.loads(path.read_text()) except (OSError, ValueError): return {} def secure_json_write(path: Path, data: dict) -> None: """Write ``data`` as JSON with private permissions (the file may hold a secret). Creates the parent dir (0700) and opens the file 0600 from the start — never write_text + chmod, which leaves it umask-readable in between. ``O_NOFOLLOW`` (where available) refuses to follow a symlink planted at ``path`` so the write can't be redirected to clobber an arbitrary file. """ path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) with contextlib.suppress(OSError): os.chmod(path.parent, 0o700) flags = os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC | getattr(os, "O_NOFOLLOW", 0) fd = os.open(path, flags, 0o600) with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as f: json.dump(data, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True) with contextlib.suppress(OSError): os.chmod(path, 0o600)