Getting OSError when running script

Question

I am trying to set up the ChirpSDK, but every time I configure and run the code, I get this error:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 3, in <module>
    chirp = ChirpSDK()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirpsdk/chirpsdk.py", line 395, in __init__
    self.read_chirprc(block)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirpsdk/chirpsdk.py", line 501, in read_chirprc
    raise IOError('Could not find a ~/.chirprc file')
OSError: Could not find a ~/.chirprc file
Exception ignored in: <function ChirpSDK.__del__ at 0x10fa31af0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirpsdk/chirpsdk.py", line 422, in __del__
    self.close()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chirpsdk/chirpsdk.py", line 470, in close
    if self._sdk:
AttributeError: 'ChirpSDK' object has no attribute '_sdk'

I realize that the error is saying that my .chirprc file is not being recognized, but I have no idea how to remedy this. I created a .chirprc file in my /Users/username/ path, and named it c.chirprc (as the Chirp getting started article suggests), but I am still getting this error. Is there another part that I am missing? Am I reading the instructions wrong?

Thanks

If you really have a `c` before the dot in the file name, that's the first problem. — tripleee, Feb 04 '20 at 09:09
Try creating the file by name `.chiprc`. Use the exact same name as shown in the error. — Prashant Kumar, Feb 04 '20 at 09:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 04 '20 at 10:31

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The Chirp configuration file should be placed at /Users/<username>/.chirprc on macOS.

If you run ls -l ~/.chirprc in the terminal, do you get any results? If it displays no such file or directory then you have not created the file correctly.

answered Feb 04 '20 at 10:31

joextodd

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when I run that command, I get this result: -rw-r--r--@ 1 zamiseck staff 2740 Feb 4 05:50 /Users/zamiseck/.chirprc. However, the error still occurs if I attempt to run a script with the SDK. – zami seck Feb 04 '20 at 10:57
That looks good to me. Are you positive that it is still an `IOError` and not an issue with parsing the file? – joextodd Feb 04 '20 at 13:42
I believe so. The two that I can see within the terminal when I run a program are: raise IOError('Could not find a ~/.chirprc file') error and AttributeError: 'ChirpSDK' object has no attribute '_sdk'. – zami seck Feb 04 '20 at 18:06
If you run `whoami` in the terminal, does it say `zamiseck`? If you are running the script as a different user, ie. root (sudo) then you also need to place the .chirprc file in that user's directory as well. – joextodd Feb 05 '20 at 15:30

Getting OSError when running script

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