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Asked: 2026-05-12T17:55:15+00:00

I have a Django project located at /var/django/project/ where /var/django/ is in the PATH

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I have a Django project located at /var/django/project/ where /var/django/ is in the PATH

within that project I have:

___init__.py
manage.py
utils/
    __init__.py
    tools.py

utils/__init__.py contains a function named get_preview

utils/tools.py contains a function named get_related

How can utils/__init__.py import get_related from utils/tools.py?

How can utils/tools.py import get_preview from utils/__init_.py?

I have tried relative imports as well as static imports but seem to get an error in tools.py when I try to from project.utils import get_preview

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can do it, you just need to make one of the imports happen at runtime to avoid the circular import.

    For example, __init__.py:

    from project.utils.tools import get_related

def get_preview():
     # ...

    and tools.py:

    def get_related():
    from project.utils import get_preview
    # ...
    get_preview()
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