add create_userdir function

freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional
 
 from freqtrade import OperationalException, constants
 from freqtrade.configuration.check_exchange import check_exchange
-from freqtrade.configuration.create_datadir import create_datadir
+from freqtrade.configuration.folder_operations import create_datadir
 from freqtrade.configuration.json_schema import validate_config_schema
 from freqtrade.loggers import setup_logging
 from freqtrade.misc import deep_merge_dicts

freqtrade/configuration/folder_operations.py

@@ -18,3 +18,17 @@ def create_datadir(config: Dict[str, Any], datadir: Optional[str] = None) -> str
         folder.mkdir(parents=True)
         logger.info(f'Created data directory: {datadir}')
     return str(folder)
+
+
+def create_userdata_dir(directory: str):
+    sub_dirs = ["backtest_results", "data", "hyperopts", "plots", "strategies", ]
+    folder = Path(directory)
+    if not folder.is_dir():
+        folder.mkdir(parents=True)
+        logger.info(f'Created user-data directory: {folder}')
+
+    # Create required subdirectories
+    for f in sub_dirs:
+        subfolder = folder / f
+        if not subfolder.is_dir():
+            subfolder.mkdir(parents=False)