Python: How to import from an __init__.py file?

Question

I\'m building a website using the Flask Framework, in which I\'ve got a folder in which I have some python files and an __init__.py script (I guess you would ca

Answer 1

The init.py files are automatically imported when you import the package they are in. For example, say the init.py is in a package called foo. When you import foo

import foo
from foo import *
import foo as ...

the init file gets called. And are you using python 2 or 3? If you are using python 3, you will need to use dynamic imports:

from * import __init__

In general, it is a bad practice to import from init, I would suggest trying to place this code in another file in the package.

Answer 2

Try relative imports

from . import db