Python - Get path of root project structure

Question

I\'ve got a python project with a configuration file in the project root. The configuration file needs to be accessed in a few different files throughout the project.

Answer 1

I struggled with this problem too until I came to this solution. This is the cleanest solution in my opinion.

In your setup.py add "packages"

setup(
name='package_name'
version='0.0.1'
.
.
.
packages=['package_name']
.
.
.
)

In your python_script.py

import pkg_resources
import os

resource_package = pkg_resources.get_distribution(
    'package_name').location
config_path = os.path.join(resource_package,'configuration.conf')