What is the proper way to take a directory path as user input?

Question

Below is a snippet of code I am trying to use to take a directory path as \"raw input\" from the user. I receive the following error after the input is taken from the user:<

Answer 1

I think you should try something like:

import sys
import os

user_input = raw_input("Enter the path of your file: ")

assert os.path.exists(user_input), "I did not find the file at, "+str(user_input)
f = open(user_input,'r+')
print("Hooray we found your file!")
#stuff you do with the file goes here
f.close()