Creating plugin tools.py

mediagoblin/plugins/custom_subtitles/tools.py

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+import os
+
+def get_path(path):
+	temp = ['user_dev','media','public']
+	path = list(eval(path))
+	file_path = os.path.abspath(__file__).split('/') # Path of current file as dictionary
+	subtitle_path = file_path[:-3] + temp + path # Creating the absolute path for the subtitle file
+	subtitle_path = "/" + os.path.join(*subtitle_path)
+	return subtitle_path
+
+def open_subtitle(path):
+	subtitle_path = get_path(path)
+	subtitle = open(subtitle_path,"r") # Opening the file using the absolute path
+	text = subtitle.read()
+	return text
+
+def save_subtitle(path,text):
+	subtitle_path = get_path(path)
+	subtitle = open(subtitle_path,"w") # Opening the file using the absolute path
+	subtitle.write(text)