Add cli arg to override user directory (comfyanonymous#4856)

* Override user directory.

* Use overridden user directory.

* Remove prints.

* Remove references to global user_files.

* Remove unused replace_folder function.

* Remove newline.

* Remove global during get_user_directory.

* Add validation.

app/user_manager.py

@@ -7,16 +7,15 @@
 from aiohttp import web
 from urllib import parse
 from comfy.cli_args import args
-from folder_paths import user_directory
+import folder_paths 
 from .app_settings import AppSettings
 
 default_user = "default"
-users_file = os.path.join(user_directory, "users.json")
 
 
 class UserManager():
     def __init__(self):
-        global user_directory
+        user_directory = folder_paths.get_user_directory()
 
         self.settings = AppSettings(self)
         if not os.path.exists(user_directory):
@@ -26,14 +25,17 @@ def __init__(self):
                 print("****** For multi-user setups add the --multi-user CLI argument to enable multiple user profiles. ******")
 
         if args.multi_user:
-            if os.path.isfile(users_file):
-                with open(users_file) as f:
+            if os.path.isfile(self.get_users_file()):
+                with open(self.get_users_file()) as f:
                     self.users = json.load(f)
             else:
                 self.users = {}
         else:
             self.users = {"default": "default"}
 
+    def get_users_file(self):
+        return os.path.join(folder_paths.get_user_directory(), "users.json")
+
     def get_request_user_id(self, request):
         user = "default"
         if args.multi_user and "comfy-user" in request.headers:
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ def get_request_user_id(self, request):
         return user
 
     def get_request_user_filepath(self, request, file, type="userdata", create_dir=True):
-        global user_directory
+        user_directory = folder_paths.get_user_directory()
 
         if type == "userdata":
             root_dir = user_directory
@@ -85,8 +87,7 @@ def add_user(self, name):
 
         self.users[user_id] = name
 
-        global users_file
-        with open(users_file, "w") as f:
+        with open(self.get_users_file(), "w") as f:
             json.dump(self.users, f)
 
         return user_id

comfy/cli_args.py

@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ def is_valid_directory(path: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
     help="The local filesystem path to the directory where the frontend is located. Overrides --front-end-version.",
 )
 
+parser.add_argument("--user-directory", type=is_valid_directory, default=None, help="Set the ComfyUI user directory with an absolute path.")
+
 if comfy.options.args_parsing:
     args = parser.parse_args()
 else:

folder_paths.py

@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ def get_input_directory() -> str:
     global input_directory
     return input_directory
 
+def get_user_directory() -> str:
+    return user_directory
+
+def set_user_directory(user_dir: str) -> None:
+    global user_directory
+    user_directory = user_dir
+
 
 #NOTE: used in http server so don't put folders that should not be accessed remotely
 def get_directory_by_type(type_name: str) -> str | None:

main.py

@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ def cleanup_temp():
         input_dir = os.path.abspath(args.input_directory)
         logging.info(f"Setting input directory to: {input_dir}")
         folder_paths.set_input_directory(input_dir)
+
+    if args.user_directory:
+        user_dir = os.path.abspath(args.user_directory)
+        logging.info(f"Setting user directory to: {user_dir}")
+        folder_paths.set_user_directory(user_dir)
 
     if args.quick_test_for_ci:
         exit(0)