I’m currently working on a Python project where I need to load a JSON configuration file. I’m using the following function to load the JSON file:

def load_config(self, file_path):    
    try:    
        with open(file_path, 'r') as file:    
            data = json.load(file)    
            self.config_data.update(data)    
    except FileNotFoundError:    
        print(f"File not found: {file_path}")    
    except json.JSONDecodeError:    
        print(f"Invalid JSON format: {file_path}")    

However, when I attempt to load my JSON file located at ‘defmet_common/configs/config.edi_db_servers.json’, I keep encountering a FileNotFoundError.

Interestingly, when I copy the relative path of the file from my file explorer, I get ‘defmet_commonconfigsconfig.edi.db_servers.json’ which uses backslashes and seems to have a different file extension.

I have verified that the file does exist at the specified location and has the .json extension. I’m running the script from the same directory that contains the defmet_common folder.

Why am I encountering this issue and how can I resolve it?