first pass at seeing if path exists

main.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Bootstrap(app)
 
 ################################# Now, import non-book classes ###################################
 from settings import Settings
+from photos import Photos
 
 ####################################### GLOBALS #######################################
 # allow jinja2 to call these python functions directly

photos.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+from wtforms import SubmitField, StringField, HiddenField, validators, Form
+from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
+from flask import request, render_template, redirect
+from main import db, app, ma
+from sqlalchemy import Sequence
+from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
+from status import st, Status
+import os
+from os import path
+
+from settings import Settings
+
+
+################################################################################
+# Class describing Author in the database, and via sqlalchemy, connected to the DB as well
+################################################################################
+class Photos(db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.Sequence('photos_id_seq'), primary_key=True )
+    name = db.Column(db.String, unique=True, nullable=True )
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<id: {}, name: {}>".format(self.id, self.name )
+
+################################################################################
+# /photos -> show photos from import_path(s)
+################################################################################
+@app.route("/photos", methods=["GET"])
+def photos():
+    sets = Settings.query.filter(Settings.name=="import_path").all()
+    paths= sets[0].value.split("#")
+    image_list=""
+    view_path=""
+    for p in paths:
+        if( path.exists( p ) ):
+            view_path = p
+    return render_template("photos.html", page_title='View Photos', view_path=view_path, alert=st.GetAlert(), message=st.GetMessage() )
+
+

templates/base.html

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				<div class="nav-item dropdown">
 					<a class="nav-item dropdown nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="PhotoMenu" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Photos</a>
 					<div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="PhotoMenu">
+						<a class="dropdown-item" href="{{url_for('photos')}}">View...</a>
 					</div>
 				</div class="nav-item dropdown">
 				<div class="nav-item dropdown">

templates/photos.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %} {% block main_content %}
+		<div class="container">
+			<h3 class="offset-lg-2">{{page_title}} -- {{view_path}}</h3>
+			<div class="row">
+				<table class="table table table-sm col-xl-12">
+				<thead><tr><th>Name</th></tr></thead><tbody>
+					{% for obj in objects %}
+						<tr><td>{{obj.name}}</td></td></tr>
+					{% endfor %}
+				</tbody></table>
+			</div class="row">
+		</div class="container">
+{% endblock main_content %}