database removed outside

backend/server.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from pdk_access import (
 )
 from router_dependency import RouterStackUnavailable
 from routed_layout_preview import create_routed_layout_svg
+from storage_paths import DATABASE_ROOT, EXPORT_ROOT
 from technology_manifest import TechnologyManifestError, read_technology_manifest
 
 # --- Path Configurations ---
@@ -38,11 +39,6 @@ REPO_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '..', '..'))
 # Component/category icons are served from backend/icons for the library panel.
 ICONS_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'icons') 
 
-# Saved project YAML, generated previews, and temporary exports live under the
-# database folder so each user can have isolated project storage.
-DATABASE_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '..', 'database'))
-EXPORT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(DATABASE_ROOT, '_exports'))
-
 
 # Flask serves the HTML/CSS/JS frontend and exposes JSON APIs for persistence,
 # PDK lookup, preview generation, and GDS export.
@@ -586,7 +582,7 @@ def user_logs():
 @app.route('/api/projects', methods=['GET'])
 @login_required_json
 def list_projects():
-    """List projects stored under database/<username>/layout."""
+    """List projects stored under the external runtime database root."""
     root = user_layout_root()
     os.makedirs(root, exist_ok=True)
 
@@ -676,7 +672,7 @@ def get_project(project_name):
 @app.route('/api/projects/<project_name>', methods=['DELETE'])
 @login_required_json
 def delete_project(project_name):
-    """Delete a user's project folder under database/<username>/layout."""
+    """Delete a user's project folder under the external runtime database root."""
     root = project_root(project_name)
     layout_root = os.path.abspath(user_layout_root())
     target = os.path.abspath(root)