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Nonbinary file in Python

I'm trying to look at all the items we have in a directory, and check whether there are file or directory. Sadly, all of them aren't directory, neither a file.
import io, sys, os, json
path_input = "C:\\Users\\Me\\AppData\\Local\\somewhere\\"
for file in os.listdir(path_input):
print("Looking at " + file)
isFile = os.path.isfile(file) # False
isDir = os.path.isdir(file) # False
I'm pretty sure I'm missing something with how I handle file.

I forgot to add the path in my function to properly locate the file (or the directory)
isDirectory = os.path.isdir(path_input+file)
Someone posted the solution but the post got deleted

Relative path not pointing to desired directory

I have the following code:
import datetime as date
import os
import pdfkit
import getpass #Gets me current username
username = getpass.getuser()
path = f"/home/{username}/Data"
relative_path = os.path.relpath(path, os.getcwd())
destination = os.path.join(relative_path, 'data.pdf')
pdfkit.from_url('www.google.com', f'{destination}/data.pdf')
I want the pdf to be saved in windows equivalent of /home/[username]/datafolder. I don't really need to use use linux or mac but for academic reasons i have decided to use the relative path method.
This code makes sense to me but for some reason it is not the directory i want it to be because when i specify the path this way the pdf generator, generates an error.
Error: Unable to write to destination
Exit with code 1, due to unknown error.
I know the error is in the last line of code where i have specified '/relative_path/data.pdf'. Could you please advise how i can resolve this issue?
Update 1:
As suggested by #Matthias I have updated the code but I am still getting the same error
Update 2:
I tried:
from pathlib import Path
destination = Path.home()
try:
os.mkdir(destination\Data)
except OSError as error:
print(error)
But it is still not pointing to the directory Data
Update 3
I know i am getting closer:
import pdfkit
import datetime as date
import calendar
import os.path
import getpass
username = getpass.getuser()
path = f"/home/{username}/Data"
os.makedirs(relative_path, exist_ok=True)
#start = os.getcwd()
relative_path = os.path.relpath(path, os.getcwd())
destination = os.path.join(relative_path, 'data.pdf')
pdfkit.from_url('www.google.com', f'{relative_path}/data.pdf')
At this point the code is executes but the folder Data was not created not am i able to locate data.pdf. I did get sucessful run though:
Loading pages (1/6)
Counting pages (2/6)
Resolving links (4/6)
Loading headers and footers (5/6)
Printing pages (6/6)
Done
Any ideas on how i can get this working correctly? The code does not produce the folder or the file?

Just check by putting
relative_path line before os.makedirs
As below
import pdfkit
import datetime as date
import calendar
import os.path
import getpass
username = getpass.getuser()
#path = os.path.join("home","{username}","Data")
# in case of window you will need to add drive "c:" or "d:" before os.path.sep
path = os.path.join(,"home",username,"Data")
relative_path = os.path.relpath(path, os.getcwd())
os.makedirs(relative_path, exist_ok=True)
#start = os.getcwd()
destination = os.path.join(relative_path, 'data.pdf')
pdfkit.from_url('www.google.com', f'{relative_path}/data.pdf')

Maybe you could change your last line to:
pdfkit.from_url('www.google.com', f'{relative_path}/data.pdf')
in order to get it to save to the home directory.

Perhaps the issue is that the directory doesn't exist. You could use os.makedirs to create the directory, using the exist_ok=True flag in case the directory already exists. Like so:
import datetime as date
import os
import pdfkit
import getpass #Gets me current username
username = getpass.getuser()
path = f"/home/{username}/Data"
os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
pdfkit.from_url('www.google.com', f'{path}/data.pdf')

You can use os.environ. Run this little script on your machine:
import os
for key, value in os.environ.items():
print(key, '-->', value)
and see for yourself what you need exactly. It's portable as well.
Let's say you want to get the path of the user's home directory. You could get it from os.environ['HOME'] and then create the path to the target directory using os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], 'target_directory_name').
You won't be able to create files in a directory if you don't have the required permissions, though.

User folders in windows are stored in "/Users/{username}/*". I don't know if you are trying to make this compatible for multiple OSs but if you just want to make this run on windows try:
path = f"/Users/{username}/Data"
start = f"/Users/{username}"
Hope it works.:)
Edit:
To get the home directory of a user regardless of OS you could use
from pathlib import Path
home = str(Path.home())
sorry for the late edit.

Copy a file with Python but not overwrite the file if it's already exists in target directory

I'm having an issue figuring out how can i implement a function to overcome my problem.
My code works fine, but the fault is that sometimes i need more than just one file.
import os
import shutil
target_dir = 'C:\DIST\WR_4.5\Test'
pass_text = 'Test End'
def check_and_copy():
log = open('C:\DIST\WR_4.5\oHistory2.log')
for line in log:
if pass_text in line:
name = '\kp.log'
else:
name = '\kf.log'
if not os.path.exists(target_dir):
os.makedirs(target_dir)
shutil.copy2('C:\DIST\WR_4.5\oHistory2.log', target_dir+name)
else:
os.chdir(target_dir)
shutil.copy2('C:\DIST\WR_4.5\oHistory2.log', target_dir+name)
What i'd like to accomplish is to be able to copy multiple instances of files with or without shutil. The filename is determined by the code itself as you can see.
Thanks for the help in advance.

Code that only execute once, Python Startup folder

Hey and thanks for all of your answers. I try to write a piece of python code that only executes once, (first time the program is installed) and copies the program into the windows startup folders.
(C:\Users\ USER \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup)
That's the code i wrote for this. (Please don't judge me. I know it's
very shitty code. But I'm very new to coding. (this is the second
little program i try to write)
import os
import shutil
#get username
user = str(os.getlogin())
user.strip()
file_in = ('C:/Users/')
file_in_2 = ('/Desktop/Py Sandbox/test/program.py')
file_in_com = (file_in + user + file_in_2)
folder_seg_1 = ('C:/Users/')
folder_seg_2 = ('/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup')
#create FolderPath
folder_com = (folder_seg_1 + user + folder_seg_2)
shutil.copy2(file_in_com, folder_com)
Because i got an error, that there is no such internal, external,
command, program or batch file named Installer. I tried to generate a batch file with
nothing in it that executes when the installation process is finished.(But the error is still there.)
save_path = 'C:/Windows/assembly/temp'
name_of_file = str("Installer")
completeName = os.path.join(save_path, name_of_file+".bat")
file1 = open(completeName, "w")
file1.close()
The main idea behind this that there is my main Program, you execute
it it runs the code above and copies itself to the startup folder.
Then the code the whole installer file gets deleted form my main
program.
import Installer
#run Installer File
os.system('Installer')
os.remove('Installer.py')
But maybe there's someone out there who knows the answer to this problem.
And as I said earlier, thanks for all of your answers <3.
BTW I'm currently using Python 3.5.

Okay guys now I finally managed to solve this problem. It's actually not that hard but you need to think from another perspective.
This is now the code i came up with.
import os
import sys
import shutil
# get system boot drive
boot_drive = (os.getenv("SystemDrive"))
# get current Username
user = str(os.getlogin())
user.strip()
# get script path
script_path = (sys.argv[0])
# create FolderPath (Startup Folder)
folder_seg_1 = (boot_drive + '/Users/')
folder_seg_2 = ('/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup')
folder_startup = (folder_seg_1 + user + folder_seg_2)
#check if file exits, if yes copy to Startup Folder
file_name = (ntpath.basename(script_path))
startup_file = (folder_startup + ("/") + file_name)
renamed_file = (folder_startup + ("/") + ("SAMPLE.py"))
# checkfile in Startup Folder
check_path = (os.path.isfile(renamed_file))
if check_path == True:
pass
else:
shutil.copy2(script_path, folder_startup)
os.rename(startup_file, renamed_file)
This script gets your username, your boot drive, the file location of
your file than creates all the paths needed. Like your personal
startup folder. It than checks if there is already a file in the
startup folder if yes it just does nothing and goes on, if not it
copies the file to the startup folder an than renames it (you can use that if you want but you don't need to).

It is not necessary to do an os.getenv("SystemDrive") or os.getlogin(), because os.getenv("AppData") already gets both. So the most direct way of doing it that I know of is this:
path = os.path.join(os.getenv("appdata"),"Microsoft","Windows","Start Menu","Programs","Startup")

python to guess specific path?

I am working on a script to get information from the Skype database.
I got the following code:
con = sqlite3.connect('C:\\Users\\joey\\AppData\\Roaming\\Skype\\jre93\\main.db')
But the skype ID (jre93) and the USER (joey) of the computer are always different. Is there a way python can recognize those path automatic with out user input?

Usually the folder with name of skype ID contains the main.db file!
So we can use this fact to get the skype ID.
One method to do so is to first check if there is any skype folder at that particular path. Then find the folder in the skype folder, that contains the main.db file. If a folder is found then the name of this folder is the skype ID.
I have created a small quick and dirty script for this work. (It can be further improved)
Code:
import getpass
import os
import sys
userName = getpass.getuser() #Get the username
path = "C:\\Users\\"+userName+"\\AppData\\Roaming\\Skype\\"
if (os.path.isdir(path)) == True: #Check if Skype folder exists
subdirectories = os.listdir(path)
for i in subdirectories:
if os.path.isdir(path+i) == True:
if os.path.exists(path+i+"\\main.db"):
print ("Skype Id is %s") %i
else:
print 'Skype folder does not exists'
I hope it was helpful.