[Python] PyInstaller Executable fails to run download operation with external script despite...

I'm trying to compile a python script into an executable, but I can't properly include the external file tg-upload.py that takes care of the download operations

The relevant code in my telethongram.py is this

def download_thread():
while True:
link = download_queue.get()
if link is None:
break # Termina il thread
download_link_script(link)
download_queue.task_done()

download_thread = Thread(target=download_thread)
download_thread.start()

def download_link_script(link):
print(f'Chiamato download_link_script con il link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79033825/pyinstaller-executable-fails-to-run-download-operation-with-external-script-desp')

# Ottieni il percorso del file tg-upload.py
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
# Se l'applicazione è congelata, ottieni il percorso del file dal bundle
tg_upload_path = os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, 'tg-upload.py')
else:
# Se l'applicazione non è congelata, usa il percorso relativo
tg_upload_path = 'tg-upload.py'

print(f'Percorso tg-upload.py: {tg_upload_path}')

command = [sys.executable, tg_upload_path, '--profile', 'enteSoffitta', '--dl', '--links'] + link.split()
print(f'Comando eseguito: {" ".join(command)}')

process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
progress_updates = [] # Create an array to hold the progress updates
while True:
output = process.stdout.readline()
if output == b'' and process.poll() is not None:
break
if output:
try:
output = output.decode('utf-8') # Decode the bytes to a string
except UnicodeDecodeError:
output = output.decode('latin-1') # Fallback to latin-1 decoding
print(output.strip())
match = re.search(r'(\d+(\.\d+)?%)', output.strip()) # Extract the progress percentage
if match:
progress_updates.append(match.group(1)) # Add progress update to array

# Cattura e stampa l'output di errore
stderr_output = process.stderr.read()
if stderr_output:
try:
stderr_output = stderr_output.decode('utf-8')
except UnicodeDecodeError:
stderr_output = stderr_output.decode('latin-1')
print(f'Errore: {stderr_output}')

rc = process.poll()
return jsonify(progress_updates) # Send progress updates as JSON

@app.route('/scarica', methods=['GET'])
def scarica():
print('Ricevuta richiesta GET a /scarica')
link = request.args.get('message_link')
if link:
response = download_link_script(link) # Get the Response object
return response # Return the Response object directly
else:
return jsonify({'error': 'Nessun message_link fornito'}), 400

@app.route('/scarica_multi', methods=['POST'])
def scarica_multi():
print('Ricevuta richiesta POST a /scarica_multi')
links = request.json.get('message_link')
if links:
for link in links:
download_queue.put(link) # Aggiungi ogni link alla coda
return jsonify({'message': 'Download iniziati'})
else:
return jsonify({'error': 'Nessun message_link fornito'}), 400

if __name__ == '__main__':
with app.app_context():
db.create_all()
app.run(debug=False)
download_queue.put(None)
download_thread.join()


To compile in windows I'm trying to include the file in this way

pyinstaller --onefile --add-data "tg-upload.py:." --add-data "static:static" --add-data "templates:templates" telethongram.py


but the problem is that even if it is included, then the download operations do not start with the telethongram.exe executable, while with the pure python script I have no problems downloading with tg-upload.py There is a problem importing tg-upload.py into the telethongram.exe executable Also under linux problem is the same

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