If suppose I have a file full of functions in python naming basics.py which does not have a class inside it. and there's no __init__() function too. Now if I want to access the functions of basics.py inside the views.py . How can I do that?
2 Answers
This is a common mistake because python 3 have stricter rules when it comes to relative imports.
I assume you have a structure like this.
myapp
├── basics.py
└── views.py
.. where myapp is in the root of your project.
Let's assume basics.py looks like this.
def do_stuff():
pass
The ways you can import things from basic would then be (views.py)
from myapp import basics
from myapp.basics import do_stuff
from . import basics
from .basics import do_stuff
# View code ...
I assumed here that basics.py and views.py are located in the same package (app).
When you run a python project your current directory is added to the python path. You will either have to import all the way from the root of your project or use . to import from the local package/directory.
Also notice in the example that you can import the entire module or just single functions/objects. When importing the entire basics module you access it using basics.do_stuff() in the view.
Comments
use:
import basics
than use all the functions you want :)
2 Comments
Grimmy
This assumes the person is using a relative import in python 2 or the module is in the root of the python path.
Shreyansh Lodha
it gives me an error saying unresolved reference 'basics'
import basics__init__()methods are only used within classes anyway.