Python utility for managing Conda environments and configuration files

globals.py

import os
import sys
import configparser

def _get_conda_env():
    """Return the path of the current Conda environment if it exists, otherwise raise an error."""
    conda_env_path = os.getenv('CONDA_PREFIX')
    if conda_env_path is None:
        raise OSError("Please use a Conda environment")
    return conda_env_path

def _get_home_dir(conda_env_name='miniconda3'):
    """Determine the HOME_DIR based on the specific Conda environment or raise an error."""
    try:
        conda_env_path = _get_conda_env()
        if os.path.basename(conda_env_path) == conda_env_name:
            home_dir = os.getenv('HOME_DIR')
            if home_dir is None:
                raise EnvironmentError("HOME_DIR environment variable is not set")
            return home_dir       
        else:
            raise EnvironmentError(f"Wrong Conda environment: {conda_env_path}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)

def jhd(*paths):
    """
    Joins the home directory with the specified paths.

    :param paths: Paths to join with the home directory
    :return: The joined path
    """
    home_dir = _get_home_dir()
    # assumes each path is relative, hence the preprocessing
    relative_paths = [path.lstrip('/') for path in paths]
    return os.path.join(home_dir, *relative_paths)


config = configparser.ConfigParser()
config.read(jhd('config.ini'))

# global variables
HOME_DIR=_get_home_dir()
PERSPECTIVE_API_KEY=config['PERSPECTIVE']['api_key']
APIFY_API_KEY=config['APIFY']['api_key']

I use this file for any python projects I take on

• fixes relative import issues, just do jhd(file_path) and everything works smoothly
• also helps with managing api key imports

Feel free to add more to it

The error handling might be a little bloated, but if it works it works!