Resolve "Publish destination directory"

examples/matplotlib_example.py

@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ FIGS_AND_IDS = tagplot(FIGS_AS_LIST, 'matplotlib', location='west',
 # %% Publish
 
 publish(FIGS_AND_IDS, ['../README.md', '../docs', '../LICENSE'],
-        './data', 'my_plot')
+        'data', 'my_plot')
 # Required arguments: publish(output of tagplot(), list of files,
 # path to destination folder, name(s) for the resulting images)

plotid/publish.py

@@ -42,18 +42,11 @@ class PublishOptions:
         self.figure = figs_and_ids.figs
         self.figure_ids = figs_and_ids.figure_ids
         self.src_datapaths = src_datapaths
-        self.dst_path = dst_path
+        self.dst_path = os.path.abspath(dst_path)
         self.plot_names = plot_names
         self.data_storage = kwargs.get('data_storage', 'individual')
         self.dst_path_head, self.dst_dirname = os.path.split(self.dst_path)
 
-        # If the second string after os.path.split is empty,
-        # a trailing slash was given.
-        # To get the dir name correctly, split the first string again.
-        if not self.dst_dirname:
-            self.dst_path_head, self.dst_dirname = os.path.split(
-                self.dst_path_head)
-
     def __str__(self):
         """Representation if an object of this class is printed."""
         return str(self.__class__) + ": " + str(self.__dict__)
@@ -109,7 +102,7 @@ class PublishOptions:
         # Check if destination directory is allowed path
         if not os.path.exists(self.dst_path_head):
             raise FileNotFoundError('The specified destination directory '
-                                    'does not exist.')
+                                    f'{self.dst_path_head} does not exist.')
 
         # Check if plot_name is a string or a list of strings
         if isinstance(self.plot_names, str):

tests/test_publish.py

@@ -110,9 +110,13 @@ class TestPublish(unittest.TestCase):
             publish(FIGS_AND_IDS, 4, DST_PATH, PIC_NAME)
 
     def test_dst_directory(self):
-        """ Test if Error is raised when destination dir does not exist."""
+        """
+        Test if Error is raised when the directory above the
+        destination dir does not exist.
+        """
         with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
-            publish(FIGS_AND_IDS, SRC_DIR, 'not_existing_folder', PIC_NAME)
+            publish(FIGS_AND_IDS, SRC_DIR, 'not_existing_folder/data',
+                    PIC_NAME)
 
     def test_script_exists(self):
         """
@@ -251,16 +255,13 @@ class TestPublish(unittest.TestCase):
         """
         self.maxDiff = None
         publish_obj = PublishOptions(FIGS_AND_IDS, SRC_DIR, DST_PATH, PIC_NAME)
-        self.assertEqual(str(publish_obj),
+        self.assertIn(
             "<class 'plotid.publish.PublishOptions'>: {'figure': "
             "[<Figure size 640x480 with 0 Axes>, <Figure size"
             " 640x480 with 0 Axes>], 'figure_ids': "
             "['MR05_0x63203c6f', 'MR05_0x63203c70'], "
-                         "'src_datapaths': 'test_src_folder', 'dst_path': "
-                         "'test_parent/test_dst_folder', 'plot_names': "
-                         "'test_picture', 'data_storage': 'individual', "
-                         "'dst_path_head': 'test_parent', 'dst_dirname': "
-                         "'test_dst_folder'}")
+            "'src_datapaths': 'test_src_folder'",
+            str(publish_obj))
 
     def tearDown(self):
         """ Delete all files created in setUp. """