How to import a module in Python with importlib.import_module
import, module, python, python-importlib
Solution
For relative imports you have to:
- a) use relative name
b) provide anchor explicitly
importlib.import_module('.c', 'a.b')
Of course, you could also just do absolute import instead:
importlib.import_module('a.b.c')
Problem
I'm trying to use `importlib.import_module` in Python 2.7.2 and run into the strange error. Consider the following dir structure: ``` a | + - __init__.py - b | + - __init__.py - c.py ``` `a/b/__init__.py` has the following code: ``` import importlib mod = importlib.import_module("c") ``` (In real code `"c"`has a name.) Trying to `import a.b`, yields the following error: ``` >>> import a.b Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "a/b/__init__.py", line 3, in mod = importlib.import_module("c") File "/opt/Python-2.7.2/lib/python2.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module __import__(name) ImportError: No module named c ``` What am I missing? Thanks!