In ubuntu the downloads folder is located in home\ubuntu\Downloads, but I don't know if different distros have the same "style" (eg. home\arch\Downloads). Is there a "universal path" for all distros? For anyone wondering i need to make a new directory in downloads.
How to access Linux's downloads folder using python?
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On Linux, you can use xdg-user-dir from freedesktop.org project. It should work on every recent Desktop environments (KDE, Gnome, etc) and all recent distributions:
import shutil
import subprocess
xdg_bin = shutil.which('xdg-user-dir')
process = subprocess.run([xdg_bin, 'DOWNLOAD'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
download_path = process.stdout.strip().decode()
print(download_path)
# Output:
/home/corralien/Downloads
If you have Python 3.7 or higher, you can use the capture_output=True argument instead of the stdout argument.
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Your "home directory" (functionally similar to
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAMEon Windows) is at/home/YOUR_USERNAMEon most Linux distros, and this is where the Downloads folder is located usually. The way to be the most sure about getting the correct directory is by usingpathlib.Path.home():Taken from this answer