Question

I think this is almost certainly a very basic question but I’m struggling with it. I have 2 python files, one for the main content on my site and one for the admin area. You can see the two files here:

https://gist.github.com/670034

In both these files I define the classes and import the necessary modules at the top and if I change in one file I need to remember to change in the other file. Is there a way to define all these in one file and then include this for both files?

I’m sure there is an easy way of doing this but I can’t seem to find how to do it.

Thanks

Tom

Answer 1

Just create a file, like myimports.py:

import cgi
import os

from google.appengine.ext.webapp import template
from google.appengine.api import users
from google.appengine.ext import webapp
from google.appengine.ext.webapp.util import run_wsgi_app
from google.appengine.ext import db
from google.appengine.api import memcache
from google.appengine.api import urlfetch
from google.appengine.datastore import entity_pb

Then you can do:

from myimports import *

Note that while this saves space, it doesn’t make it more readable as you need to check the additional file just to see what you imported.