Why is Python open() function not accepting "directory/filename" as an argument?

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Local environment: Python 3, Bottle, MacOs

Remote environment: Python 3, Bottle, Pythonanywhere

This works in my local environment but not in my remote environment:

@route('/test')
def test():
    '''Function tests file open issue.'''
    with open('uploads/Project2.csv', 'r', newline='') as file:
        content = ""
        content = file.read()
    return content

This works in my remote environment but not in my local environment:

@route('/test')
def test():
    '''Function tests file open issue.'''
    with open('uploads', 'r', newline='') as file:
        content = ""
        content = file.read()
    return content

In the first case, I pass a file path to the open function. If I pass a folder name to it returns this error:

IsADirectoryError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: 'uploads'

In the second case, I pass a folder name to the open function. If I pass a file path it returns error:

NotADirectoryError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: 'uploads/Project2.csv'

I am baffled. Any ideas?

GraphicalDot · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-05 09:44:11Z

2

First you have to be certain whether the path exists or not on your remote server.

import os 
os.path.exists(<your path>)

second, you dont have to declare your content variable, you can just declare it like this.

content = file.read()

Third,

"uploads" is a directory not a file. Provide a file name in your
directory like you have provided in your local environment. if 
"upload" is not a subdirectory of your code directory, then provide
absolute path. like 
upload = "/home/ubuntu/env/uploads/projects.csv"

answered Sep 5, 2018 at 9:44

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Richard Hayman-Joyce Over a year ago

Found solution: "uploads" is a subdirectory of code directory but, in remote environment, needed full path to work. Thank you for your help.

GraphicalDot Over a year ago

dont use str, path_exists will be True or False depending upon the existence of path or not. open('uploads', 'r', newline=''), here you are trying to open the whole directory "uploads", please provide filename too, in this directory.

Richard Hayman-Joyce · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-05 10:04:27Z

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In both environments "uploads" is a subdirectory of the code directory but...

In the local environment a relative path was sufficient:

"uploads/file"

In the remote environment an absolute path was required:

"/home/my_projects/project/uploads/file"

I think that this is to do with Bottle being a WSGI object in the remote environment but not in the local environment.

answered Sep 5, 2018 at 10:04

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