a little path vs str cleanup

earthaccess/store.py

@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ def _open_urls(
     def get(
         self,
         granules: Union[List[DataGranule], List[str]],
-        local_path: Optional[str] = None,
+        local_path: Optional[Path] = None,
         provider: Optional[str] = None,
         threads: int = 8,
     ) -> List[str]:
@@ -465,11 +465,10 @@ def get(
             List of downloaded files
         """
         if local_path is None:
-            local_path = Path(
-                ".",
-                "data",
-                f"{datetime.datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}-{uuid4().hex[:6]}",
-            )
+            today = datetime.datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+            uuid = uuid4().hex[:6]
+            local_path = Path.cwd() / "data" / f"{today}-{uuid}"
+
         if len(granules):
             files = self._get(granules, local_path, provider, threads)
             return files
@@ -578,9 +577,9 @@ def _get_granules(
         else:
             # if the data are cloud-based, but we are not in AWS,
             # it will be downloaded as if it was on prem
-            return self._download_onprem_granules(data_links, str(local_path), threads)
+            return self._download_onprem_granules(data_links, local_path, threads)
 
-    def _download_file(self, url: str, directory: str) -> str:
+    def _download_file(self, url: str, directory: Path) -> str:
         """Download a single file from an on-prem location, a DAAC data center.
 
         Parameters:
@@ -594,7 +593,7 @@ def _download_file(self, url: str, directory: str) -> str:
         if "opendap" in url and url.endswith(".html"):
             url = url.replace(".html", "")
         local_filename = url.split("/")[-1]
-        path = Path(directory) / Path(local_filename)
+        path = directory / Path(local_filename)
         if not path.exists():
             try:
                 session = self.auth.get_session()
@@ -617,7 +616,7 @@ def _download_file(self, url: str, directory: str) -> str:
         return str(path)
 
     def _download_onprem_granules(
-        self, urls: List[str], directory: str, threads: int = 8
+        self, urls: List[str], directory: Path, threads: int = 8
     ) -> List[Any]:
         """Downloads a list of URLS into the data directory.
 
@@ -636,7 +635,7 @@ def _download_onprem_granules(
             raise ValueError(
                 "We need to be logged into NASA EDL in order to download data granules"
             )
-        Path(directory).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
         arguments = [(url, directory) for url in urls]
         results = pqdm(