[yarin.levy2]

Hello,

I want the plugin to open a file during the running of the addon so it can read/write information from/to it.

I keep getting the Error - 'Permission Denied'.

This is the code:

Code:

ACCOUNT_FILE_PATH = "special://xbmc//addons//plugin.video.movieTalk//account.txt"

account_file = open(ACCOUNT_FILE_PATH, "w")

Is it something with my syntax?

[Roman_V_M]

Hello,

I want the plugin to open a file during the running of the addon so it can read/write information from/to it.

I keep getting the Error - 'Permission Denied'.

This is the code:

Code:

ACCOUNT_FILE_PATH = "special://xbmc//addons//plugin.video.movieTalk//account.txt"

account_file = open(ACCOUNT_FILE_PATH, "w")

Is it something with my syntax?

No, but you are trying to use a "special" URL in a standard Python function that does not know anything about Kodi and its special URLs. Use xbmcvfs module instead.

Code:

from contextlib import closing
from xbmcvfs import File

with closing(File(path, 'w')) as fo:
    fo.write(some_data)

[yarin.levy2]

Hello,

I want the plugin to open a file during the running of the addon so it can read/write information from/to it.

I keep getting the Error - 'Permission Denied'.

This is the code:

Code:

ACCOUNT_FILE_PATH = "special://xbmc//addons//plugin.video.movieTalk//account.txt"

account_file = open(ACCOUNT_FILE_PATH, "w")

Is it something with my syntax?

No, but you are trying to use a "special" URL in a standard Python function that does not know anything about Kodi and its special URLs. Use xbmcvfs module instead.

Code:

from contextlib import closing
from xbmcvfs import File

with closing(File(path, 'w')) as fo:
    fo.write(some_data)

Works like magic.
Thank you very much

[Roman_V_M]

Although I need to note that an addon data folder is a recommended place to store addon's persistent data:

Code:

from xbmcaddon import Addon

data_dir = Addon().getAddonInfo('profile').decode('utf-8')

[yarin.levy2]

Although I need to note that an addon data folder is a recommended place to store addon's persistent data:

Code:

from xbmcaddon import Addon

data_dir = Addon().getAddonInfo('profile').decode('utf-8')

I like the idea but it seems that it does nothing. Not opening a directory in ...AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\addon_data and not opening a file.

The code is:

Code:

ACCOUNT_FILE_PATH = data_dir + "/account.txt"
(checked by xbmcgui.Dialog().ok - it is actually : "special://profile/addon_data/plugin.video.movieTalk//account.txt")

I tried:

Code:

with closing(File(ACCOUNT_FILE_PATH, 'w')) as fo:
    fo.write("username " + str(usernameID) + "\npassword " + str(password))

and also:

Code:

account_file = File(ACCOUNT_FILE_PATH, 'w')
account_file.write("username " + str(usernameID) + "\n" + "password " + str(password))
account_file.close()

What can be the cause for no such file created?


Thanks.

[Roman_V_M]

If you did not save settings for your addon, the profile folder may not exist. In this case you need to create it.