python import module from another folder code example

Example 1: import python module from another directory

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

import file

Example 2: import files from another folder python

# 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

Example 3: importing python module from different directory

# 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

Example 4: import python file from another directory

from application.app.folder.file import func_name

Example 5: importing file from another folder python

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Example 6: import folder from another folder python

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