ImportError: cannot import name

Question

I have two files app.py and mod_login.py

app.py

from flask import Flask
from mod_login import mod_login

app = Flask(__name         


        

Answer 1

This can also happen if you've been working on your scripts and functions and have been moving them around (i.e. changed the location of the definition) which could have accidentally created a looping reference.

You may find that the situation is solved if you just reset the iPython kernal to clear any old assignments:

%reset

or menu->restart terminal

Answer 2

Instead of using local imports, you may import the entire module instead of the particular object. Then, in your app module, call mod_login.mod_login

app.py

from flask import Flask
import mod_login

# ...

do_stuff_with(mod_login.mod_login)

mod_login.py

from app import app

mod_login = something

Answer 3

The problem is that you have a circular import: in app.py

from mod_login import mod_login

in mod_login.py

from app import app

This is not permitted in Python. See Circular import dependency in Python for more info. In short, the solution are

• either gather everything in one big file
• delay one of the import using local import

Answer 4

When this is in a python console if you update a module to be able to use it through the console does not help reset, you must use a

import importlib

and

importlib.reload (*module*)

likely to solve your problem