从父目录导入文件（不是包）

Question

My repository looks like:

example/
  main.py
  helpers.py
  plugins/
    foo.py
    bar.py

How can I import helpers.py in foo.py and bar.py ? from ..helpers import my_function is not working returning ValueError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package .

The issue here is that I just want to import a file, not a package.

Answer 1

You can add the path to sys.path

import sys

sys.path.append('your upper path')