PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:

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Estimated time
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api, cli

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Start with python/fb_ads_library_api_operators.py at save_to_csv and the open(output_file, "w") call, then trace how python/fb_ads_library_api_cli.py passes the output filename from the reported command. Reproduce the command on Windows and determine why a subsequent dataset cannot open the CSV; done means repeated saves complete without PermissionError.

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Hello,

I am running this command on my terminal :

C:\Ad-Library-API-Script-Repository-main\python> py fb_ads_library_api_cli.py -t (token) -f "id,page_id,page_name,ad_creative_bodies,spend,demographic_distribution,bylines,ad_delivery_start_time" -c "CA" -s "climate" --after-date "2024-05-01" save_to_csv file.csv

And I get the following error :

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Ad-Library-API-Script-Repository-main\python\fb_ads_library_api_cli.py", line 147, in
main()
File "C:\Ad-Library-API-Script-Repository-main\python\fb_ads_library_api_cli.py", line 134, in main
save_to_csv(
File "C:\Ad-Library-API-Script-Repository-main\python\fb_ads_library_api_operators.py", line 96, in save_to_csv
with open(output_file, "w") as csvfile:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied.

I have tried adding "encoding="utf-8" in the fb_ads_library_api_operators file, but it didn't work (i am able to get one dataset then i get the same error all over again)

Does anyone have a solution ? i'm not sure I understand how the Permission system works in the Graph Api.

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