How to import a module from a different folder?

Question

I have a project which I want to structure like this:

myproject
  __init__.py
  api
    __init__.py
    api.py
  backend
    __init__.py
    backend.py
  mod         


        

Answer 1

Unfortunately, Python will only find your file if your file is in the systems path. But fear not! There is a way around this!

Using python's sys module, we can add a directory to the path just while Python is running, and once Python stops running, it will remove it from the path.

You can do this by:

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/path/to/application/app/folder')
import [file]

It is important to import sys and set the directory path before you import the file however.

Good luck!

Jordan.