gistfile1.txt

import os
import json
import platform

file = "config.json"

if platform.system().lower() == "windows":
    win_dir = "C:/Users/Public/appdata"
    win_path = os.path.join(win_dir, file)
    with open(win_path) as config_file:
        config = json.load(config_file)
else:
    linux_dir = "/etc/"
    linux_path = os.path.join(linux_dir, file)
    with open(linux_path) as config_file:
        config = json.load(config_file)