I have the following folder structure:
C:
└── dev
└── my_scripts
├── __init__.py
└── my_utils.py
The file my_utils.py includes some function f.
The following code works:
import sys
sys.path.append('C:\dev')
from my_scripts import my_utils
my_utils.f()
However the following does not work:
import sys
sys.path.append('C:\dev')
import my_scripts
my_scripts.my_utils.f()
> AttributeError: module 'my_scripts' has no attribute 'my_utils'
Why am I getting this error?
It's simple.
You have to import any module you want to be able to access to it via name of the folder "my_scripts" you just have to import them in "__init__.py" file.
like this:
__init__.py:
# this is the __init__.py file
from . import my_utils
We use "from ." so it is referring to "my_scripts" folder just like if we use "from .." it refers to "dev" folder because "." means the current folder and ".." means parent folder.
If you want to know more about python import system: python import system
That's all everything will work fine now.
__init__.pyfile (in this casefrom .my_utils import *would work) in order to be able to do what you want.