fix path decoding

src/__init__.py

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import os
 
 
 settings = Config("config/config.yaml")
-if not os.path.exists(settings.database.temp):
+if not os.path.exists(settings.database.temp.expanduser()):
-    os.mkdir(settings.database.temp)
+    settings.database.temp.expanduser().mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 from .utils.icon import Icon
 
 __version__ = "0.2.1"

src/backend/database.py

@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ from src.backend.db import (
     CREATE_TABLE_SUBJECTS,
     CREATE_TABLE_USER,
 )
+from pathlib import Path
 from src.errors import AppPresentError, NoResultError
 from src.logic import ApparatData, BookData, Prof, Apparat, ELSA
 from src.logic.constants import SEMAP_MEDIA_ACCOUNTS
+from src.utils.blob import create_blob
 from .semester import Semester
 from string import ascii_lowercase as lower, digits, punctuation
 import loguru
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ import sys
 
 log = loguru.logger
 log.remove()
-log.add(sys.stdout)
+log.add(sys.stdout, level="INFO")
 log.add("logs/application.log", rotation="1 MB", retention="10 days")
 
 
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ class Database:
     Initialize the database and create the tables if they do not exist.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, db_path: str = None):
+    def __init__(self, db_path: Path = None):
         """
         Default constructor for the database class
 
@@ -52,17 +54,17 @@ class Database:
             db_path (str, optional): Optional Path for testing / specific purposes. Defaults to None.
         """
         if db_path is None:
-            self.db_path = self.database.path + self.database.name
+            self.db_path = Path(self.database.path.expanduser(), self.database.name)
-            self.db_path = self.db_path.replace("~", str(Path.home()))
+            # self.db_path = self.db_path.replace("~", str(Path.home()))
             log.debug(self.db_path)
         else:
             self.db_path = db_path
         self.checkDatabaseStatus()
 
     def checkDatabaseStatus(self):
-        path = self.database.path
+        path = self.database.path.expanduser()
-        path = path.replace("~", str(Path.home()))
+        # path = path.replace("~", str(Path.home()))
-        path = os.path.abspath(path)
+        # path = os.path.abspath(path)
         if not os.path.exists(path):
             # create path
             # log.debug(path)
@@ -503,11 +505,9 @@ class Database:
             str: The filename of the recreated file
         """
         blob = self.getBlob(filename, app_id)
-        tempdir = self.database.temp
+        tempdir = self.database.temp.expanduser()
-        tempdir = tempdir.replace("~", str(Path.home()))
+        if not tempdir.exists():
-        tempdir_path = Path(tempdir)
+            tempdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        if not os.path.exists(tempdir_path):
-            os.mkdir(tempdir_path)
         file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
             delete=False, dir=tempdir_path, mode="wb", suffix=f".{filetype}"
         )
@@ -1463,11 +1463,10 @@ class Database:
             "SELECT fileblob FROM elsa_files WHERE filename=?", (filename,), one=True
         )[0]
         # log.debug(blob)
-        tempdir = self.database.temp
+        tempdir = self.database.temp.expanduser()
-        tempdir = tempdir.replace("~", str(Path.home()))
+        if not tempdir.exists():
-        tempdir_path = Path(tempdir)
+            tempdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        if not os.path.exists(tempdir_path):
+
-            os.mkdir(tempdir_path)
         file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
             delete=False, dir=tempdir_path, mode="wb", suffix=f".{filetype}"
         )

src/backend/delete_temp_contents.py

@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ def delete_temp_contents():
     """
     delete_temp_contents deletes the contents of the temp directory.
     """
-    path = database.temp
+    path = database.temp.expanduser()
-    path = path.replace("~", str(Path.home()))
-    path = Path(path)
-    path = path.resolve()
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
         for file in files:
             os.remove(os.path.join(root, file))