first pass at seeing if path exists

photos.py

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+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() )
+
+