Hey again, I enabled

[python-infer].assets = true

and have an assets dir located in

src/python/service/assets

I am trying to access these assets from python using the path

service/assets/file_name.extension

but getting not such file or directory. So I am wondering, • am I accessing the files correctly using module instead of root? • do I need to create BUILD file inside the assets dir? • if yes, can I define sources using asterisk symbol

**/*.extension

to void adding new source for every file.

The asets need to be declared as targets, yes. How/where you do that is up to you 🙂

a BUILD file inside assets should be enough right? also, can I used the sources path syntax mentioned up?

It depends.

file

targets are assumed to loaded relative to the build root (so

src/python/service/...

)

resource

targets are assumed to be loaded relative to the file loading them (e.g. you might be doing

importlib.resources.path(__name_, "assets/...")

)

my best tip when unsure, is to get into a Pants sandbox and look where the files actually end up.. 😉

damn, this BUILD file and using a root path was everything I needed!

files(
    name="assets",
    sources=["**/*"],
)

This feels like magic!

You're welcome 😛