Generate temporary file names without creating actual file in Python

The question, number 10501247, in stackoverflow gives answer how to create temporary file in Python.
I only need to have temporary file name in my case.
Calling tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() returns file handle after actual file creation.
Is there way to get file name only?

# Trying to get temp file path
tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
temp_file_name = tf.name
tf.close()
# Here is my real purpose to get the temp_file_name
f = gzip.open(temp_file_name ,'wb')
...