How to set paths to standard folders in python?

Question

Python

I am writing a program, and it should create folders in the standard Windows folders, such as loading the desktop, user folder, how to make these paths work on any PC?
Tried like this, got an error:

text = "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"
chdir(text)
mkdir(voice)

what can they be replaced with, are there any universal ways for python?

Answer 1

If you need to create, read and modify files and folders inside your script, based on the binding to the user's "home" folder, you can do something like this:

from pathlib import Path
my_home_dir = Path.home()
new_folder_name = 'my_new_folder'
new_folder = Path(new_folder_name)
new_folder_full_path = my_home_dir / new_folder
try:
    Path.rmdir(new_folder_full_path)
except FileNotFoundError:
    pass
print(new_folder_full_path.is_dir())
try:
    Path.mkdir(new_folder_full_path)
except FileExistsError:
    pass
print(new_folder_full_path.is_dir())

Note in brackets

Следует отметить, что существуют сторонние библиотеки, которые не понимают такие пути. Для таких библиотек приходится получать строчное представление пути.

Answer 2

import os
import os.path
text = os.path.join(os.getenv("userprofile"), "Desktop")
os.chdir(text)