How to import a module as __main__?

Question

I have a module that has the usual ``` if __name__ == '__main__': do stuff... ``` idiom. I'd like to import that from another module, and fool it into running that code. Is there any way of doing this? I should mention, for reasons I won't go into here, I'm not in a position to change the code in the imported module. I need to somehow modify the import procedure so that it's name is main when imported, perhaps using ihooks or similar.

Accepted Answer

The correct answer has been already given however it is confined in a comments (see How to import a module as __main__? and How to import a module as __main__?).

The same with proper formatting:

```
import runpy
runpy.run_module("your.module.name", {}, "__main__")
```

or

```
import runpy
runpy.run_path("path/to/my/file.py", {}, "__main__")
```

How to import a module as main?

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