Visual Studio Code - How to add multiple paths to python path?
I had the same issue, malbs answer doesn't work for me until I change semicolon to a colon,you can find it from ZhijiaCHEN's comments
"env": { "PYTHONPATH": "/path/to/a:/path/to/b" }
Alternatively, I have a hack way to achieve the same:
# at the top of project app script:
import sys
sys.path.append('/path/to/a')
sys.path.append('/path/to/b')
The Python Extension in VS Code has a setting for python.envFile
which specifies the path to a file containing environment variable definitions (Refer to: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments#_environment-variable-definitions-file). By default it is set to:
"python.envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env"
So to add your external libraries to the path, create a file named .env in your workspace folder and add the below line to it if you are using Windows:
PYTHONPATH="C:\path\to\a;C:\path\to\b"
The advantage of specifying the path here is that both the auto-complete as well as debugging work with this one setting itself. You may need to close and re-open VS Code for the settings to take effect.
This worked for me:-
in your launch.json profile entry, specify a new entry called "env", and set PYTHONPATH yourself.
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Python",
"type": "python",
"stopOnEntry": false,
"request": "launch",
"pythonPath": "${config.python.pythonPath}",
"program": "${file}",
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"debugOptions": [
"WaitOnAbnormalExit",
"WaitOnNormalExit",
"RedirectOutput"
],
"env": {
"PYTHONPATH": "/path/a:path/b"
}
}
]