PYTHON

python temporary directory

import tempfile

with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
   print('Created temporary directory:', tmpdirname)

# Both the directory and its contents have been deleted

python temp directory

Use the mkdtemp() function from the tempfile module:

import tempfile
import shutil

dirpath = tempfile.mkdtemp()
# ... do stuff with dirpath
shutil.rmtree(dirpath)