fixed upload path issue

imgee/__init__.py

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 lastuser.init_usermanager(UserManager(db, models.User))
 registry.init_app()
 
+# PYTHONPATH is `pwd` when testing and empty otherwise
+# using it to determine the project root
+# either get it from environment variable, or it's one level up from this init file
+app.project_root = os.environ.get('PYTHONPATH', '') or os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+print app.project_root
+
 
 @app.errorhandler(403)
 def error403(error):

imgee/storage.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from glob import glob
 import os.path
+import os
 import re
 from subprocess import check_call, CalledProcessError
 import time
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ def delete(stored_file, commit=True):
     registry.remove_keys_starting_with(stored_file.name)
 
     # remove locally
-    cache_path = app.config.get('UPLOADED_FILES_DEST')
+    cache_path = os.path.join(app.project_root, app.config.get('UPLOADED_FILES_DEST'))
     os.remove(os.path.join(cache_path, '%s' % stored_file.filename))
     cached_img_path = os.path.join(cache_path, '%s_*' % stored_file.name)
     for f in glob(cached_img_path):

imgee/utils.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import re
-import os.path
+import os
 from subprocess import check_output, CalledProcessError
 from urlparse import urljoin
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def get_file_url(scheme=None):
 
 
 def path_for(img_name):
-    return os.path.join(app.config['UPLOADED_FILES_DEST'], img_name)
+    return os.path.join(app.project_root, app.config['UPLOADED_FILES_DEST'], img_name)
 
 
 # -- mimetypes and content types

instance/testing.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from os import environ
-UPLOADED_FILES_DEST = 'tests/imgee/static/test_uploads'
+UPLOADED_FILES_DEST = 'imgee/static/test_uploads'
 AWS_FOLDER = 'test/'
 
 UNKNOWN_FILE_THUMBNAIL = 'unknown.jpeg'

manage.py

@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ def mkdir_p(dirname):
 
     @manager.command
     def init():
-        mkdir_p(app.config['UPLOADED_FILES_DEST'])
+        mkdir_p(os.path.join(app.project_root, app.config['UPLOADED_FILES_DEST']))
 
     manager.run()

runtests.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 export FLASK_ENV="TESTING"
+export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)  # setting project root as PYTHONPATH
 ./manage.py init  # creates the test upload directory
 coverage run `which nosetests` "$@"
 coverage report -m