Import own files in python

Question

Imagine a main.py. I have the following structure

├── main.py
├── moduleX
│   ├── setup.py
│   ├── submoduleA
│   │   └── fileA.py
│   │   └── fileB.py
│   ├── submoduleC
│   │   └── fileC.py

Main calls moduleX.setup and setup needs to call functions from submodules A and B.

However moduleX.setup is unable to find the submodules and I don't know how to import them

So it goes like this: in main.py

import moduleX.setup

in setup.py

from submoduleA import fileA
from submoduleA import fileB
import submoduleC

and all submodules and files are not found.

All subfolders have empty init .py files. I am not sure how to fill them, seems like a recursive problem.

I tried adding moduleX to sys.path I tried prpending moduleX everywhere I tried using.. and.

I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Answer 1

Python always uses the relative path to the file you are executing.

from moduleX.submoduleA import fileA
from moduleX.submoduleA import fileB
import moduleX.submoduleC

should work