# import the necessary packages import os image_types = (".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".bmp", ".tif", ".tiff") def list_images(basePath, contains=None): # return the set of files that are valid return list_files(basePath, validExts=image_types, contains=contains) def list_files(basePath, validExts=None, contains=None): # loop over the directory structure for (rootDir, dirNames, filenames) in os.walk(basePath): # loop over the filenames in the current directory for filename in filenames: # if the contains string is not none and the filename does not contain # the supplied string, then ignore the file if contains is not None and filename.find(contains) == -1: continue # determine the file extension of the current file ext = filename[filename.rfind("."):].lower() # check to see if the file is an image and should be processed if validExts is None or ext.endswith(validExts): # construct the path to the image and yield it imagePath = os.path.join(rootDir, filename) yield imagePath