CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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jack_pl
jack_pl

Reputation: 41

python import from sibling folder

I am trying to import a module from a python file that is in a sibling folder. I read several similar questions here and tried to apply solutions listed there, but I wasn't able to solve the problem.

The structure is as follows:

parentfolder/gfolder/codefolder/fileA.py
parentfolder/gfolder/utilfolder/util.py

gfolder, codefolder and utilfolder all have an __init__.py.

I'm trying to do in fileA.py:

import gfolder.utilfolder.util as util

I also tried adding before the import statement:

sys.path.append(".../parentfolder/")

And that didn't work either:

import gfolder.utilfolder.util as util
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gfolder'

The solution in a similar question says to include __init.py__ in the directories, which I already have.

EDIT: Now both sys.append and sys.insert work and the problem was that I included a slash at the end of the path. When I took it out, everything worked.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 10127

Answers (1)

shahaf
shahaf

Reputation: 4973

As Andrew Cox answerd int the following thread Import a module from a relative path

You can add the subdirectory to your Python path so that it imports as a normal script

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, <path to gfolder>)
import gfolder

you can also add the directory to the PATH var of the Linux system (I use it while I'm working on a project, at the end i modified the PATH to it's origin value)

if you maintain the following structre than it is working out side the box

parentfolder/gfolder/codefolder/fileA.py
parentfolder/gfolder/utilfolder/util.py
parentfolder/gfolder/main.py

run main.py

Upvotes: 0

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