IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied

Question

I have this piece of code to create a .json file to store python data. When i run it in my server i get this error:

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: \'         


        

Answer 1

I had a similar problem. I was attempting to have a file written every time a user visits a website.

The problem ended up being twofold.

1: the permissions were not set correctly

2: I attempted to use
f = open(r"newfile.txt","w+") (Wrong)

After changing the file to 777 (all users can read/write)
chmod 777 /var/www/path/to/file
and changing the path to an absolute path, my problem was solved
f = open(r"/var/www/path/to/file/newfile.txt","w+") (Right)