How would I go about importing another file in a python package. I install the package with
pip install .
so I can then run it using
python3 -m pkg
Here's the file structure:
.
├── pkg
│⠀⠀├── cli.py
│⠀⠀├── __init__.py
│⠀⠀├── __main__.py
├── README.md
└── setup.py
I try to import a function from cli.py in __main__.py by using
import .cli as clifunc
but it results in an error
root@localhost:~# python3 -m pkg
import .cli as clifunc
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
How do I import the file? Other methods I've tried resulted in the error being that the file isn't a module!?! How can I just import the file?
So apparently when using the explicit relative imports (using dots like .cli
), you can't just use import .module
(not sure quite why though, maybe someone else does)
You instead need to use from . import module
So from . import cli as clifunc
should work.