General Tips
Try some or all:
- Read Apple Carbon documentation
Use dir() and help()
Look into MacPython IDE code, or in the few Mac Python modules like macostools, findertools or other modules in plat-mac
- Look into the C modules that implement the glue between Python and Carbon.
Ask the good people at #macpython in irc.freenode.org
Recipes
Getting file and folder information
You want to know the file type or creator of a file.
>>> from Carbon import File
>>> info = File.FSSpec('Todo').FSpGetFInfo()
>>> info.Type
'****'
>>> info.Creator
'Hdra'
>>> Note that FSSpecs have some issues, see http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2078.html
Here is another simpler way (from MacPython IDE):
>>>import MacOS
>>> MacOS.GetCreatorAndType('Todo')
('Hdra', '****')
Carbon Reference
Python 2.3 Carbon Modules: