Python Hue Config File Location

[KikeMendez]

Hi There, I would like to have .python_hue in different location rather that the home default one.

Ideally something like this would be awesome to have:

hue_bridge_config = "home/.folder/python_hue"

bridge = Bridge(ip=bridge_ip, config_file_path=hue_bridge_config)

So instead of saving it on the home directory, saves it wherever the config_file_path is set to, if config_file_path is not set then use the default as it is at the moment.

Does the library have already something to achieve this? I have been looking but no luck so far.

Thanks

[natcl]

This should already work, see

phue/phue.py

Line 608 in 6882829

if config_file_path is not None:

[KikeMendez]

Hi natcl thank you for coming back, yeah I though that would work but it doesn't, actually i ended with an empty file.
Setting the config_file_path means you need to have it pre configure before hand?
Thanks again

[natcl]

Can you show your code ? I can’t see why this wouldn’t work.

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Le 9 avr. 2021 à 16:49, Kike Mendez ***@***.***> a écrit :  Reopened #183. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[bmedicke]

I just had the same issue before I figured out my error. Note that you should not pass the path alone, but the filename as well. For your example, it would be:
config_file_path = "home/.folder/python_hue/.python_hue".

See:

phue/phue.py

Lines 608 to 615 in 6882829

	if config_file_path is not None:
	self.config_file_path = config_file_path
	elif os.getenv(USER_HOME) is not None and os.access(os.getenv(USER_HOME), os.W_OK):
	self.config_file_path = os.path.join(os.getenv(USER_HOME), '.python_hue')
	elif 'iPad' in platform.machine() or 'iPhone' in platform.machine() or 'iPad' in platform.machine():
	self.config_file_path = os.path.join(os.getenv(USER_HOME), 'Documents', '.python_hue')
	else:
	self.config_file_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '.python_hue')

For all the other cases, the filename is joined. I would rename the parameter config_file_path to config_file to avoid confusion.