Question

I use __init__.py in my project with the following structure :

project\
    project.py
    cfg.py
    __init__.py

    database\
       data.py
       __init__.py

    test\
       test_project.py
       __init__.py

All is OK when I need to see database\ modules in project.py with

from database.data import *

But if I need to have some test code inside the test_project.py, how to ‘see’ the database\ modules ?

Answer 1

You have 3 options:

• use relative imports (from .. import database.data). I wouldn’t recommend that one.
• append paths to sys.path in your code.
• use addsitedir() and .pth files. Here is how.