Opening ths subtitle using absolute path and open function

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mediagoblin/tools/subtitles.py b/mediagoblin/tools/subtitles.py
index 7002cdfc..bfb4a7ea 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/tools/subtitles.py
+++ b/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)
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+	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
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