How do I import other python code from a directory?

Question

I'm very new to python and I have a directory structure like this:

root
--child
-----config.py
example.py

In example.py I just tried:

import child 

but that doesn't seems to be working.

Where I'm making the mistake!

Answer 1

If you want to import config.py with importing child you need to define child as a package.

To do so you need to create an __init__.py file in your child directory.

Check this about packages

Answer 2

Do you have a __init__.py file in root/child/ directory? After creating this file you should be able to do this:

import child.config

or

from child import config

You can also import multiple modules from child directory like this:

from child import first, second, third

Read about modules and packages here .

Answer 3

Your directory should have init .py so that python will understand it is a package. So the directory structure would be like

root
     __init__.py
     child
         __init__.py
         config.py

example.py
import root.child

note, you should import root.child not child .

Answer 4

Create an empty __init__.py file in same directory with config.py . This is required for importing files like a package.

Then you can import it.