[FIXED] WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied in Flask

Issue

I am trying to move an uploaded file to a specific folder in my Windows system and it gives me WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied error. The solutions I happen to see for such problems are run python as Administrator from cmd line. I am not sure if that is possible since it's a web app and i am using the default flask server for development purpose and run it from Pycharm.

my code is

@app.route('/test',methods=['POST'])
def test():
    import os
    if not os.path.exists("history_plugin"):
        os.makedirs("test")
        f = open('test/abc.txt', 'w+')
        f.close()

Solution

I had been running the application directly from Pycharm, which doesn't run it in administrator mode

I tried running it using command prompt as administrator and it worked for me.

Answered By - Jibin Mathew