🔒 How can I access files outside the directory of a py file

[faint hatch]

I keep getting this error from this line

back_card = pygame.image.load("assets/card_graphic/go_fish/back_card.png")

back_card = pygame.image.load("assets/card_graphic/go_fish/back_card.png")

       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

FileNotFoundError: No file 'assets/card_graphic/go_fish/back_card.png' found in working directory 'PythonGoFish/.project/source'.

source and assets are two folders in .project

[jade river]

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[gentle hatch]

how are you running the code?

if the directory you are running the code from is in the source folder, it will look for assets inside the source folder

[faint hatch]

For some reason whenever I try downloaded my project from github I would have to move all of the files outside of source inorder for them to work so I though directly stating the paths would fix that

So there is no possible way of using folders outside the directory of the py file

[silver tiger]

It is very possible, depending on the methodology, if simply by trying to input the path no because it is behind a directory. But if you go by first getting the full path of your working directory then from that get the asset, yes, as such

import os

parent_path = os.path.dirname(os.getcwd())

This in your case would result in PythonGoFish/.project/ as the parent_path which you can simple add your /assets/... after

[torpid bloom]

you can give it full path

[jade river]

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