how to import a folder in python program code example

Example 1: import folder from another folder python

sys.path.insert(1, '/path/to/application/app/folder')

Example 2: importing python modules from a folder

#place the file to be imported, named <imported file>, to the same folder as the python document
#defined function within the <imported file> is <function>
from <imported file> import <function>
#Note that <function> has no parenthesis at the end