Where is module being imported from?

Question

Assuming I have two Python modules and path_b is in the import path:

# file: path_b/my_module.py
print \"I was imported from ???\"

#file: path_a/app.py
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Answer 1

Also, if you have a function/class f from a module m you can get the path of the module using the module inspect

import inspect
from m import f

print inspect.getmodule(f)

Answer 2

This is how I do it:

print(module_name.__path__)

Answer 3

Try my_module.__file__ to find out where it is from. If you get an AttributeError, it is probably not a Python source (.py) file.

Answer 4

If you want to see where a module is stored, for example setuptools, type in shell:

$ python -c "import setuptools; print(setuptools.__file__)"

Answer 5

Other answers are OK, but if you want to tell it from inside the imported module then do

print "I was imported from %s" % __file__

Answer 6

There may be an easier way to do this, but this works:

import inspect

print inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.getouterframes(inspect.currentframe())[1][0])[0]

Note that the path will be printed relative to the current working directory if it's a parent directory of the script location.