Access the data area from within Python script

Hi all,

is it possible to access the data area of the workflow from within a Python script node? I have two cases when I need to do that:

• Python produces ppt file that needs to be made available for download in the GUI.

• Need to read some png files from the data area (could not find a good way to pass the tables with the images into a pandas df, if I read the pngs before the Python node)

Any hints or workarounds are highly appreciated.

Thanks