Flask, Unable to import python module in same directory

Question

I just want to preface by saying I searched and found very similar questions, but unless I messed up, they did not work for me. Now to the question.

I am very new at using flask, and I am building a website using flask, and this is what my files look like:

flaskapp/ --> app.py & wordlcoud.py & templates (all three in the flaskapp directory)

I have a function in my wordlcoud.py file that I want to use in my app.py file. When I restart the server and try to navigate to my website, I only am shown 502 bad gateway, and when I delete the "import wordlcoud", my website loads fine.

Here is how my app.py file is set up:

from flask import Flask, render_template, redirect, url_for, request
import wordlcoud

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def home_function():
    return render_template("home.html")

@app.route("/projects", methods=["POST", "GET"])
    if flask.request.method == "POST":

        wordlcoud.saveWC(q)

        return redirect(url_for("/output")

    else:
        return render_template("projects.html")

@app.route("/output")
def image_fxn():
    return render_template("output.html")

"saveWC" is the function from wordlcoud.py that I am trying to use.

I have seen to create an init .py file, but unless I put that in the wrong spot, that did not help at all.

Thank you in advance

Drew

Answer 1

you said that when you delete this line of code the website work

import wordlcoud

well without importinh the module this must not work as well

wordlcoud.saveWC(q)

but i think that you delete that line as well, i think that the mistake is in this line not in the import line, because the the variable q not declared before,

i hope that this help

Answer 2

i think

import module_name

will import whole module

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but try to import specific function may it will solve issue

from module_name import your_function

like this -> from wordlcoud import saveWC