Discord | FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'users.json'

Question

So i'm having trouble setting up my code. This is my code:

@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    with open("users.json", "r") as f:
        users = json.load(f)

        if message.author.bot:
            return
        if message.channel.is_private:
            return
        else:
            await update_data(users, message.author, message.server)
            number = random.randint(5,10)
            await add_experience(users, message.author, number, message.server)
            await level_up(users, message.author, message.channel, message.server)

        with open("users.json", "w") as f:
            json.dump(users, f)
    await bot.process_commands(message)

async def update_data(users, user, server):
    if not user.id + "-" + server.id in users:
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id] = {}
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["experience"] = 0
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["level"] = 1
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["last_message"] = 0

async def add_experience(users, user, exp, server):
    if time.time() - users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["last_message"] > 30: 
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["experience"] += exp
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["last_message"] = time.time()
    else:
        return

async def level_up(users, user, channel, server):
    experience = users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["experience"]
    lvl_start = users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["level"]
    lvl_end = int(experience ** (1/4))

    if lvl_start < lvl_end:
        await bot.send_message(channel, f":tada: Congrats {user.mention}, you levelled up to level {lvl_end}!")
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["level"] = lvl_end

Typing anything in the server (even it's a letter), gives me this error: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'users.json'

Even when i try to do another command like "ping", i still get this error

Tried looking it up on the web, but ended up not finding anything. I would appriciate if you could help me solve this.

Thanks in advance!

try passing the absolute path to users.json Your file user.json is currently not existing. — SahilDesai, May 22 '20 at 08:27
pass the path where exactly users.json is placed like (user.json --> C:/Users/Folder/User.json) — SahilDesai, May 22 '20 at 08:59
Btw, why are there two file open statements for the same file? — Swetank Poddar, May 22 '20 at 10:18

SahilDesai · Answer 1 · 2020-05-22T13:34:44.377

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@client.event
async def on_message(message):
    with open("C:/Users/harel/Aero\'s Playground/ArtemiS-IL/users.json", "r") as f:
        users = json.load(f)

        if message.author.bot:
            return
        if message.channel.is_private:
            return
        else:
            await update_data(users, message.author, message.server)
            number = random.randint(5,10)
            await add_experience(users, message.author, number, message.server)
            await level_up(users, message.author, message.channel, message.server)

        with open("C:/Users/harel/Aero\'s Playground/ArtemiS-IL/users.json", "w") as f:
            json.dump(users, f)
    await bot.process_commands(message)

async def update_data(users, user, server):
    if not user.id + "-" + server.id in users:
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id] = {}
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["experience"] = 0
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["level"] = 1
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["last_message"] = 0

async def add_experience(users, user, exp, server):
    if time.time() - users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["last_message"] > 30: 
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["experience"] += exp
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["last_message"] = time.time()
    else:
        return

async def level_up(users, user, channel, server):
    experience = users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["experience"]
    lvl_start = users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["level"]
    lvl_end = int(experience ** (1/4))

    if lvl_start < lvl_end:
        await bot.send_message(channel, f":tada: Congrats {user.mention}, you levelled up to level {lvl_end}!")
        users[user.id + "-" + server.id]["level"] = lvl_end

Try specifying full path or try moving this Users.json file the folder where this code is running

edited May 22 '20 at 13:34

answered May 22 '20 at 09:11

SahilDesai

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- with open("users.json", "r") as f: C:/Users/Folder/User.json (Like that?) – 6568554 May 22 '20 at 09:19
rather than changing path just put users.json inside same folder where python code is running. – SahilDesai May 22 '20 at 09:20
I did. i created a file named "users.json" in the folder where the "bot.py" is sitting, but still nothing – 6568554 May 22 '20 at 09:23
Same one. "No such file or directory: 'users.json'" – 6568554 May 22 '20 at 09:31
Can you provide the path where users.json is created. – SahilDesai May 22 '20 at 09:49
C:\Users\harel\Aero's Playground\ArtemiS-IL – 6568554 May 22 '20 at 10:11
gives me a new error: "SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape" (it's regarding the quotes in ("C:/Users/harel/Aero's Playground/ArtemiS-IL/users.json"...) – 6568554 May 22 '20 at 11:14
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37400974/unicode-error-unicodeescape-codec-cant-decode-bytes-in-position-2-3-trunca – SahilDesai May 22 '20 at 13:32
Now it gives me error "Permission denied: 'C:/Users/harel..." – 6568554 May 22 '20 at 18:39

Discord | FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'users.json'

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