python imp.load_source with dependencies

Question

My app has the following layout:

/wsgi/myapp/__init__.py
/wsgi/application
/app.py

File _ init _ .py:

from flask import Flask #python flask framework!
def create_app(app_name=None):
    app_name = app_name or __name__
    app = Flask(app_name)
    return app

File application (without .py extension!):

from myapp import create_app
application = create_app('myapp')

@application.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def index():
    return 'My OpenShift Flask app'

File app.py has the following line which causes error:

import imp
app = imp.load_source('application', 'wsgi/application')

The error is "No module named myapp". What else I need to solve the issue?

Answer 1

add the import path

import sys
sys.path.append('wsgi')
import imp
app = imp.load_source('application', 'wsgi/application')

Does it work?

Answer 2

import imp
import os
import sys


sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))

wsgi = imp.load_source('wsgi', 'application.py')
application = wsgi.application 

this should work in python 3