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thewhitetie
thewhitetie

Reputation: 313

How to import modules from a python directory set up like this?

I have a Python directory like this, and I am trying to import classes from main_script.py.

 - main_folder
   - main_script.py
 - resources
   - package_folder
     - class_files
       - class1.py
       - class2.py
       - class3.py
       - __init__.py

This is what I tried

sys.path.append('../resources/package_folder)
from class_files import *

But I get this error, "No module named 'class_files'"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 50

Answers (1)

alani
alani

Reputation: 13079

You have a relative path in your sys.path which is relative to the process's current directory rather than the location of the main_script.py script itself.

You can use instead:

import sys
import os

sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
                             '../resources/package_folder'))

from class_files import *

or if you prefer:

sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
                             'resources/package_folder'))

Separately, you might also find that in your __init__.py you need:

__all__ = ['class1', 'class2', 'class3']

Upvotes: 1

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