Import method from __init__.py
python, python-module
Solution
Usually you would do the import like
from . import want_to_be_run_elsewhere
This doesn't work here, because you are calling `app.py`. If you import `my_app.app`, it is part of the module. If you call it it is not. Importing from the module it is in using `.` will then not work.
You could either move `app.py` outside of `my_app`, removing it from the module and making imports work again.
Or you can use
from __init__ import want_to_be_run_elsewhere
in `app.py`
I believe
from my_app import want_to_be_run_elsewhere
will only work if you have actually `pip install -e my_app/`. Then it should work too.
Problem
Having some issues with importing modules in python. This is my folder structure ``` my_app/ app.py __init__.py (I want to import a function from this file) folder1/ __init.py method1.py folder2/ __init__.py method.py ``` In my root `__init__.py` I have this function ``` def want_to_be_run_elsewhere(): pass ``` In my app.py, I want to import this function and run it when I start my application, but I'm unsure how to do it. ``` from my_app import want_to_be_run_elsewhere ``` This throws a no module named my_app From what I can tell, I have all the necessary `__init__.py` files, so maybe it could be sys.path related? I've read some similar threads on here but I haven't been able to solve this.