Opening ths subtitle using absolute path and open function

mediagoblin/edit/views.py

@@ -580,13 +580,14 @@ def edit_metadata(request, media):
          'media':media})
 
 
-from mediagoblin.tools.subtitles import get_path
+from mediagoblin.tools.subtitles import open_subtitle
 
 @require_active_login
 @path_subtitle
 def custom_subtitles(request,path=None):
-    form = forms.CustomizeSubtitlesForm(request.form)
-    path = get_path(path)
+    text = open_subtitle(path)
+    form = forms.CustomizeSubtitlesForm(request.form,
+                                         subtitle=text)
     return render_to_response(
         request,
         "mediagoblin/edit/custom_subtitles.html",

mediagoblin/tools/subtitles.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ast
+import ast,os
 
 def get_path(path):
 	"""
@@ -7,4 +7,20 @@ def get_path(path):
     to
     x = ["A", "B", "C", "D"] 
     """
-	return ast.literal_eval(path)
+	return ast.literal_eval(path)
+
+def open_subtitle(path):
+	temp = ['user_dev','media','public']
+	path = list(get_path(path))
+	file_path = os.path.abspath(__file__).split('/') # Path of current file as dictionary
+	"""
+	Creating the absolute path for the subtitle file
+	"""
+	subtitle_path = file_path[:-3] + temp + path
+	subtitle_path = "/" + os.path.join(*subtitle_path)
+	"""
+	Opening the file using the absolute path
+	"""
+	subtitle = open(subtitle_path,"r")
+	text = subtitle.read()
+	return text