tempfile.mkdtemp relies on user to remove the temp directory it creates, and I know I'm not reliable, so the context manager does it for me.

mktempdir.py

from contextlib import contextmanager
import tempfile
import shutil
import logging

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
'''
USAGE:

with mktempdir() as tempdir:
  print('Path to temporary directory: %s' % tempdir)
  print('I'm doing ephemeral things')

print('The tempdir has now been removed')  
'''

@contextmanager
def mktempdir():
    try:
        tempd = tempfile.mkdtemp()
        log.debug('Created temp dir: {}'.format(tempd))
        yield tempd
    finally:
        log.debug('Removing {}'.format(tempd))
        shutil.rmtree(tempd, ignore_errors=True)