os get path code example

Example 1: python get current file location

import os
os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

Example 2: python how to get the folder name of a file

# Basic syntax:
import os
os.path.dirname('/path/to/your/favorite/file.txt')
--> '/path/to/your/favorite/'

Example 3: python get base directory

import os
os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

Example 4: python get path of current file

import pathlib
pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.absolute()

Example 5: python join paths

import os

# Join paths using OS import. Takes any amount of arguments
path = os.path.join('/var/www/public_html', './app/', ".\\my_file.json")

print(path) # /var/www/public_html/app/myfile.json