Method _spider_exists

scrapy/commands/genspider.py:192–224

(self, name: str)

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    def _spider_exists(self, name: str) -> bool:
        assert self.settings is not None
        if not self.settings.get("NEWSPIDER_MODULE"):
            # if run as a standalone command and file with same filename already exists
            path = Path(name + ".py")
            if path.exists():
                print(f"{path.resolve()} already exists")
                return True
            return False

        spider_loader = get_spider_loader(self.settings)
        try:
            spidercls = spider_loader.load(name)
        except KeyError:
            pass
        else:
            # if spider with same name exists
            print(
                f"Spider {name!r} already exists in module:\n",
                f"  {spidercls.__module__}",
            )
            return True

        # a file with the same name exists in the target directory
        spiders_module = import_module(self.settings["NEWSPIDER_MODULE"])
        spiders_dir = Path(cast("str", spiders_module.__file__)).parent
        spiders_dir_abs = spiders_dir.resolve()
        path = spiders_dir_abs / (name + ".py")
        if path.exists():
            print(f"{path} already exists")
            return True

        return False

    @property
    def templates_dir(self) -> str: