chyron_module.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import config
+import utilities_script as utilities
 
 class Chyron_Module():
     def __init__(self):
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ class Chyron_Module():
             if c.itemName == name:
                 self.chyron_items.remove(c)
 
+    def updateChyronFile(self):
+        dir = utilities.get_dir("stream_sources")
+
 
 class ChyronItem():
     def __init__(self):

utilities_script.py

@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ def rescale_value(value, min, max):
     print("got ", returnValue)
     return returnValue
 
+def get_dir(selected_dir):
+    """
+    Checks for the tts directory, and will create it if it does not exist
+    :return: the relative file path of the tts dir
+    """
+    dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), selected_dir)  # this is platform-agnostic
+    if not os.path.exists(dir):
+        os.mkdir(dir)
+    return dir
+
 def contains_slur(input: str):
         containsSlur: bool = False
         parsedMessage = input.split(" ")