Can't open settings.json IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'settings.json'

[dgautsch]

I'm new to python so maybe i'm doing something wrong.

In the past when I've called open i have to specify the full path and I noticed the same thing with this bot.

with open('settings.json') as data:

That throws the following error in the console

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'settings.json'

importing os and adding the following fixes the issue:

import os
cwd = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
with open(cwd + '/settings.json') as data:

Is this correct, or, am I doing something wrong?

[avery-crudeman]

That's weird. How are you running the script? Try using os.getcwd() to see what your working directory is.

IIRC, you shouldn't have to set the CWD to the location of the script unless you're running it from a different directory.

The default location should be the CWD, so if the script is in C:\directory and that's where you're running the script from, open() should be looking in that location for the file.

If CWD isn't the directory containing the script though, what you're doing fixes that problem fine.

[dgautsch]

I was invoking the script via this command python src/main.py so that explains why this was happening. Thanks for the clarification avery-crudeman.

[toddrob99]

This is fixed, should be closed.