New to Python 3.4+ Scripting and writing JSON text files and saving them -

i'm trying write script in python can manipulate json ".txt" files within folder , saving new json ".txt" file within same folder. know how manipulate file, i'd need manually type in actual path. there way type in folder name , name of text file manipulate instead of typing full path?

because right now, i'm having do

    import json     simple_path = input('please input path directory: ")     >>> 'c:\user\path1\path2\simple.txt'     open (simple_path,'r+') f:         simple_data = json.load(f)         somefunction()         f.seek(0)         out_file = open('c://user//path1//path2//simple_edit.txt','w')         json.dump(simple_data, out_file) 

each time want manipulate specific json text files, i'd have change whole path, , i'd have edit "out_file" manually every single time, can make more flexible?

since i'll placing script main folder sub-folders , json files. it'd easier me manipulate sub-folder json text files without having put full path.

yes can os module

import os  folder = input('please enter folder:')  file = input('enter filename:')  print('c'+os.path.join(os.sep, folder, file)) 

os.path.join constructs path file joining strings supplied , adding correct file separator (/ in *nix systems , \ on windows)

while os.sep returns string of root directory / in *nix systems , \ in windows