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User9123
User9123

Reputation: 525

How to import a package from a different directory in the same program?

Lets say I have a directory tree that looks like this:

main -
     |
    lib-
       |
      core-
          |
         fun-
            |
          some_file
        stuff-
             |
        another_file

How could I import the modules from some_file into another_file? Everytime I try to do the importing (yes I know about __init__.py) I get an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "file.py", line 6, in <module>
    from some_file import some_method
ImportError: No module named some_file

Is it possible to import the modules into another file?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2216

Answers (2)

Mat Jones
Mat Jones

Reputation: 984

Just add an __init__.py file to the directory to make it be seen as a module:

main -
     |
    lib-
       |
      core-
          |
         fun-
            |
          some_file
          __init__.py
        stuff-
             |
        another_file

The __init__.py can be a blank file, all that matters is that it exists. Then, you can do import fun.some_file

Upvotes: 0

jbasko
jbasko

Reputation: 7330

You can import using absolute or relative imports if all the directories that you're traversing are Python packages (with __init__.py file in them).

Assuming that you are running your program from the directory in which main package is, you'd import some_file module with:

import main.lib.core.fun.some_file

Otherwise you have to append to Python path before attempting import:

import sys
sys.path.append("......main/lib/core")

import fun.some_file

The second example assumes that fun is a Python package with __init__.py file in it.

Upvotes: 1

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