Load local file

[Chance-Obondo]

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Example Code

# THE ROOT API
# the data is a list of dictionaries
@app.get("/")
async def root():
    data = open('valid.json')
    json_data = json.load(data)

    return json_data[0]

Description

I am trying to load a local json file on my computer using my fast API main.py file. But I keep on getting a file not found error.
What could be the issue and how can I solve this problem considering I need to use the json content in the file within the app itself and not return it to an end user

Operating System

Windows

Operating System Details

Chrome OS

FastAPI Version

0.85.0

Python Version

3.8.12

Additional Context

No response

[iudeen]

Does it work without FastAPI? As in just as a normal function?

[JarroVGIT]

Typically, this means you are not referencing the right subfolder. You can try the following:

import os

@app.get("/")
async def root():
    return os.getcwd()

This will give the current working directory, and probably that is a few folders above your file.

[Chance-Obondo]

@JarroVGIT It is working now correct;y. Thanks very much

[tiangolo]

Thanks for the help here @JarroVGIT and @iudeen ! 👏 🙇

Thanks for reporting back and closing the issue @Chance-Obondo 👍