Unable to add .cache file

beckmann19 · September 19, 2023, 1:16pm

Description of the problem (please keep it simple and short):
When using Spotipy package, unable to access the .cache file or create .cache file.

Explain what you were trying to do:
Access a file named ‘.cache’

What areas or features are involved?
Replit filesystem.

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UMARismyname · September 19, 2023, 4:33pm

.cache is reserved for a cache folder used by the packager and resources view (and by some 3rd-party programs). It’d be poor design for a program to use .cache as a filename in any case.
So why do you need a file named .cache?

beckmann19 · September 19, 2023, 5:23pm

I see now. I use a python package named ‘spotipy’ which stores the user’s authentication token in the .cache file. Thanks for your help.

MortezaParkook · March 22, 2024, 8:36pm

I am using spotipy as well on my python project and get this error:
Couldn’t write token to cache at: .cache
Couldn’t read cache at: .cache
Any idea how to give access to it?
Thanks

UMARismyname · March 23, 2024, 6:14pm

to work around, set the environment variable SPOTIPY_CLIENT_USERNAME

github.com

spotipy-dev/spotipy/blob/master/spotipy/cache_handler.py#L69


      
                   * username: May be supplied or set as environment variable
                               (will set `cache_path` to `.cache-{username}`)
                   * encoder_cls: May be supplied as a means of overwriting the
                              default serializer used for writing tokens to disk
              """
              self.encoder_cls = encoder_cls
              if cache_path:
                  self.cache_path = cache_path
              else:
                  cache_path = ".cache"
                  username = (username or os.getenv(CLIENT_CREDS_ENV_VARS["client_username"]))
                  if username:
                      cache_path += "-" + str(username)
                  self.cache_path = cache_path
          
          def get_cached_token(self):
              token_info = None
          
              try:
                  f = open(self.cache_path)
                  token_info_string = f.read()