basepath

Simple base path function to avoid hardcoding file path

Use it to create a root base path and call it in your code to return the full path without repeating the parent folder and/or subfolders name. Add more subfolders as needed or new root folder without over writing the original one.

Usage:

from basepath import bpath
tp = bpath('www')

Call it with a file name

tp('index.html')
'www/index.html'

Filename and optional folder name

tp('index.html','view_error')
'www/view_error/index.html'

You can add as many subfolder as you want to

tp('index.html','view_error','subfolder2','subfolderN')
'www/view_error/subfolder2/subfolderN/index.html'

To get the current base path call the function without arguments

tp()
'www/'

You can add subfolders to base path without a file by passing in an empty string

tp('','subfolder','another')
'www/subfolder/another/'

Replace the root folder, it will not overwrite the original one

tp('index.html', root='secret')
'secret/index.html'

You can add subfolders as well

tp('index.html', 'subfolder', root='secret')
'secret/subfolder/index.html'