import os def get_path(path): return 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 subtitle_path = file_path[:-3] + temp + path # Creating the absolute path for the subtitle file subtitle_path = "/" + os.path.join(*subtitle_path) subtitle = open(subtitle_path,"r") # Opening the file using the absolute path text = subtitle.read() return text