Error in scavenger hunt node when uploading proofs

[dekent]

We're running into an issue (which may come from improper configuration) when using the scavenger hunt node to upload proofs. Our node is able to connect to the send proof service, but when sending a service request it gives a "Could not find file" error. I've verified that the directory exists, set by the scratch_path parameter, but there are no files written to this directory.

What are the requirements for configuring the scratch_path directory?

Additionally the send proof service returns true under this behavior, which also made it difficult for our control node to get appropriate feedback for whether a proof was successfully submitted.

[maxsvetlik]

What have you set the scratch_path to? Does it have a leading slash? That could be an issue.

[dekent]

~/scavenger_hunt_logs. It could be that the ~ is not resolving to the home directory?

[maxsvetlik]

Its possible. You can try a fully qualified path instead. Another thing to check out be the permissions on scavenger_hunt_logs.

And also, does the same issue happen if the scratch_path is left as its default value of ~ ?

[dekent]

Good question. I'll test both and get back to you.

[dekent]

It fails for the default ~ and for anything beginning with ~, but works with a fully qualified path.

I created a pull request (#9) that sets the default scratch path to a directory logs within this package, which works for me locally, if you'd like to use it.