Importing a python file as a module from another python file

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I have the following structure:

edgar_sec
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── logs
│   ├── requeriments.txt
│   ├── resources
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── us_states.py
│   │   └── us_stocks_symbol.csv
│   ├── scripts
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── company_info.py
│   │   ├── financial_reports.py
│   │   └── insiders.py
│   └── tests
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── company_info_test.py
│       ├── company_info_test2.py
│       └── sec_insiders.py

I want to import us_states.py into company_info_test2.py, so I'm doing import edgar_sec.resources.us_states but I'm getting ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'edgar_sec' What is wrong?

Only a guess. Have you tried from edgar_sec.resources import us_states? — nomansland008
– nomansland008, Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 15:40
@nomansland008 same error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'edgar_sec' — user13654589
– user13654589, Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 15:43
You might have better luck with kruserr answer. It seems the tests folder is not "seeing" its parent folder. — nomansland008
– nomansland008, Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 15:47

Ragnar Kruse · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-06 15:49:34Z

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Try to put tests outside of package

And also tests don't need to be a package

eg.

edgar_sec
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── logs
│   ├── requeriments.txt
│   ├── resources
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── us_states.py
│   │   └── us_stocks_symbol.csv
│   ├── scripts
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── company_info.py
│   │   ├── financial_reports.py
│   │   └── insiders.py
└── tests
    ├── company_info_test.py
    ├── company_info_test2.py
    └── sec_insiders.py

Also I see that the project does not follow a standard approach to packaging python applications.

You may have better luck following this tutorial on packaging your python projects:

https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/

edited Jul 6, 2020 at 15:49

answered Jul 6, 2020 at 15:39

Ragnar Kruse

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