Reading config file from other folder inside class

Directory Structure:

root-folder/
    config-folder/
        json-file.config
    class-folder/
        classfile.py
    tests/
        pytest-file1.py

json-file.config:

{
    "setting1": "value1",
    "setting2": "value2"
}

Now, Here I need to access json-file.config in my class file. I do not want to use dbutil, how can i access it and read it from json-file.config in my class file??

• For this task, update contents of your class file as mentioned below.

classfile.py

import os
import json

class myclass:
    def __init__(self):
        # Get the path of the json-file.config
        config_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'config-folder', 'json-file.config')

        # Read the JSON config file
        with open(config_file_path, 'r') as file:
            self.config = json.load(file)
    
    def get_setting(self, key):
        return self.config.get(key, "Setting not found")

Explanation:

os.path.join: Constructs the path to the json-file.config file relative to the location of classfile.py by going up one level (..) and then into the config-folder/.

json.load(file): Reads the content of the json-file.config and loads it into a dictionary.

Usage: You can now access the JSON config in your pytest-file1.py by creating an instance of myclass.

Example usage in pytest-file1.py:

from class_folder.classfile import myclass

def test_read_config():
    # Create an instance of the class
    obj = myclass()

    # Access a specific setting from the config
    setting_value = obj.get_setting('setting1')
    
    # Example assertion (for pytest)
    assert setting_value == "value1"