How to import several files from specific folder in python

Question

I am new to Python and have a problem that I don't know how to solve

I need to write a module (directory C:/Python ) that is able to import and execute all .py files that are located in some other folder (for example C:/Python/Dir ). I know how to access to directory ( sys.path.append('C:\\\\Python26\\\\Dir') ) but how do I make a loop that is able to import all .py files from this folder?

Answer 1

You should really use the __import__ built-in function together with glob :

os.chdir(path)
for file in glob.glob('*.py')
    __import__(file[:-2])

Answer 2

If you import all the files in a directory by some glob, how could you access these modules contents without a name? Maybe there is a way to get all imported modules even if they're anonymous (see Return a list of imported Python modules used in a script? - not an easy task), but isn't it easier to list them explicitly?

Maybe you can just create some __init__.py file in your directory and explicitly list imported files there with appropriate module names.