I am trying to access the Amazon Advertising through Python and I created a Python script to automate the authentication process. This file, called amazon.py is located in ~/PROJECT/APP/amazon.py.
I want to be able to play around with the API, so I launched python manage.py shell from the ~/PROJECT directory to enter the Python shell. My goal is to be able to execute the python script amazon.py within this shell. What command should I be using to execute amazon.py?
Normally, you just import the file and call a function within it:
import APP.amazon
APP.amazon.main()
This would only work if amazon.py is laid out like this:
def main():
...code...
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Also, in the directory ~/PROJECT/APP there needs to exist a file __init__.py with nothing in it, or else Python won't see APP as a package with the module amazon in it.
Disclaimer: I don't actually know what manage.py does.
Normally a script is "executed" upon import. I'd suggest you wrap your functionality in amazon.py in a function:
def call_functionality():
...
In your shell you can now import it with:
import path.to.amazon as amazon
and then execute it by
amazon.call_functionality()
amazon.somevariable.