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import sys
# sys.path is a list of absolute path strings
sys.path.append('/path/to/application/app/folder') # <-- relative path

import your_file

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import sys
# sys.path is a list of absolute path strings
sys.path.append('/path/to/application/app/folder')

import file

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import python script from another directory

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#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]

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# test.py
import sys
# append current python modules' folder path
# example: need to import module.py present in '/path/to/python/module/not/in/syspath'
sys.path.append('/path/to/python/module/not/in/syspath')

import module

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Contributed on May 16 2020

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import file in python from another folder

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import file in python from another folder

# Tested with python 3.10.8
# Modified from Stack Overflow:
'''
application
│   main.py
├── app
│   └── folder
│       └── file1.py
└── app2
    └── some_folder
        └── file2.py
'''
# Given the cwd as `application`
# You can import `file1.py` in `main.py` as such:
import app.folder.file1

# Along with `file2.py`
import app2.some_folder.file2

# Then call the function `foo` from file.py
app.folder.file1.foo()

# As well as `bar` from file2.py
app2.some_folder.file2.bar()

# You can also import specific functions
from app.folder.file1 import foo
from app2.some_folder.file2 import bar

# Using the imported functions
foo()
bar()

# Also possible, though this can lead to naming conflicts
from app.folder.file1 import *
from app2.some_folder.file2 import *

########################################
# You can also import multiple modules from a folder
# Ensure there's an `__init__.py` file in the subdir
'''
application
│   main.py
└── app
    └── folder
        └── __init__.py
        └── file1.py
        └── file2.py
'''

# From the `__init__.py` file import your modules
from .file1 import *
from .file2 import bar

# In our `main.py` we can now import
from app.folder import *

foo()
bar()

If you're importing through the wildcard, be careful as it can lead to naming conflicts if the imported modules define names with the same names in your `main.py`

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Contributed on Apr 02 2023

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# By default, you can't. When importing a file, Python only 
# searches the current directory, the directory that the 
# entry-point script is running from, and sys.path which includes
# locations such as the package installation directory 
# (it's actually a little more complex than this, but this covers
# most cases).

# you can however, add to the path at runtime

import sys
# insert at position 1 in the path, as 0 is the path of this file.
sys.path.insert(1, '/path/to/application/app/folder')

import file

file.function()

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Contributed on Mar 30 2020

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from application.app.folder.file import func_name

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import python code from another directory

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The solution is very simple, just add a __init__.py file to the directory
where the package or code you want to import is, and then python will treat
that directory as a package. Then is as simple as just importing the code
like any other third party package. Below is a diagram of best practices 
doing this.


package/
    |
    |----- __init__.py (Empty file)
    |------- main_module.py (Contains: import subpackage_1.module_1)        
    |------- module_0.py (Contains: print('module_0 at parent directory, is imported'))
    |           
    |
    |------- subpackage_1/
    |           |
    |           |----- __init__.py (Empty file)
    |           |----- module_1.py (Contains: print('importing other modules from module_1...')
    |           |                             import module_0
    |           |                             import subpackage_2.module_2
    |           |                             import subpackage_1.sub_subpackage_3.module_3)
    |           |----- photo.png
    |           |
    |           |
    |           |----- sub_subpackage_3/
    |                        |
    |                        |----- __init__.py (Empty file)
    |                        |----- module_3.py (Contains: print('module_3 at sub directory, is imported')) 
    |
    |------- subpackage_2/ 
    |           |
    |           |----- __init__.py (Empty file)
    |           |----- module_2.py (Contains: print('module_2 at same level directory, is imported'))

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# some_file.py
import sys
# insert at 1, 0 is the script path (or '' in REPL)
sys.path.insert(1, '/path/to/application/app/folder')

import file

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importing a python file from another folder

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import sys
# sys.path is a list of absolute path strings
sys.path.append('/path/to/application/app/folder')

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