using import() function in my function in python

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thank you all, this problem was solved

but I don't know What is the different between them

wrong script :

def func(module) :
    cwd = os.getcwd()
    os.chdir(module['path'])
    tmp = __import__(module['name'])
    os.chdir(cwd)

working well script :

def func(module) :
    sys.path.append(module['path'])
    tmp = __import__(module['name'])

...

happy new year :)

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Hello I need to import dynamically in python script

when I try __import__() outside of a function

ex)

__import__('myModule')

it does work, but when I try it within a function

ex )

def func() :
    __import__('myModule')


func()

I get an ImportError: ImportError: No module named myModule

How can I use __import__() in function??

Is func in a different module from the one where it worked? — Davis Herring
– Davis Herring, Commented Jan 4, 2018 at 4:56

1313e · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-04 04:47:50Z

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I think what you want to use here is the following:

from importlib import import_module

def func():
    import_module('myModule')

answered Jan 4, 2018 at 4:47

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Davis Herring · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-05 02:13:51Z

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When Python starts, the script’s directory is put at the front of sys.path, so that import finds things in it. In some cases (not, for example, python foo/bar.py), what is put there is an empty string, which means “search the current working directory”. Only in that case will os.chdir affect import in the way you expected.

answered Jan 5, 2018 at 2:13

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