The userdata-directory "plugin.video.vk" is not created on first start

[ostvanc]

On Linux, the user data for the addons is saved in ~/.kodi/userdata/addon_data. This addon uses the file saved in ~/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.vk/db.json, but does not check on first start if the directory plugin.video.vk exists. This leads to the following bug:

2022-08-09 19:49:53.338 T:6791 WARNING : xbmc.translatePath is deprecated and might be removed in future kodi versions. Please use xbmcvfs.translatePath instead. 2022-08-09 19:49:53.339 T:6791 ERROR : EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--

• NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS! Error Type: <class 'FileNotFoundError'> Error Contents: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/ostvanc/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.vk/db.json' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/ostvanc/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vk/resources/lib/addon.py", line 1846, in dispatch() File "/home/ostvanc/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vk/resources/lib/addon.py", line 278, in dispatch handler(*urlargs) File "/home/ostvanc/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vk/resources/lib/addon.py", line 290, in listaddonmenu db = tinydb.TinyDB(buildfp(FILENAME_DB)) File "/home/ostvanc/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vk/resources/lib/tinydb/database.py", line 160, in init self._storage = storage(args, **kwargs) File "/home/ostvanc/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vk/resources/lib/tinydb/storages.py", line 93, in init touch(path, create_dirs=create_dirs) # Create file if not exists File "/home/ostvanc/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.vk/resources/lib/tinydb/storages.py", line 28, in touch with open(fname, 'a'): FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/ostvanc/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.vk/db.json' -->End of Python script error report<--

This bug does not only appear on Linux, but also on other systems like Windows and Android TV. Unless you do not have root access, you are not able to create the missing directory manually on ATV.

[tommistolercz]

Thanks for posting this issue, but I'm confused a bit ;-)

Under what circumstances do you run the addon without existing addon data folder? (~/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.vk/)

This folder is created automatically by Kodi, typically when the addon settings are saved for the first time. If this folder doesn't exist, there isn't even a settings.xml with VK credentials, and thus the addon can't be run at all.

[ostvanc]

Oh yes, you are right. There is only one way to run this addon without existing addon data directory:

Install the VK addon and run it directly. Then the directory ~/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.vk/ does not exists yet and this error occurs.

If you open addon settings first and save your changes, then this directory is created automatically and this error does not appear anymore.

[ostvanc]

I think, this issue can be closed now.