Importing Python modules from files not in the Python's search path?

Asked Jul 06 '13 at 08:05

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I want to import a module that is not in the Python's search path. I can think of two ways none of which are appealing to me:

add this to the python file import sys; sys.path.append("/path/to/mymodule"); import mymodule
update python path when running the python script PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/path/to/mymodule python myfile.py

Is there any better/cleaner way to do this? If not, which one is preferred?

edited Jul 08 '13 at 19:00

asked Jul 06 '13 at 08:05

Mohammad Moghimi

[Modifying Python’s Search Path](http://docs.python.org/2/install/index.html#inst-search-path) – Ashwini Chaudhary Jul 06 '13 at 08:12
Why is a sys.path.append not appealing to you? It seems very straightforward and good to me. – mawimawi Jul 06 '13 at 08:44
@mawimawi Because I haven't seen this pattern in any Python code that I have seen so far. That's what I'm doing now. – Mohammad Moghimi Jul 07 '13 at 19:02
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It's pretty common especially in the zc.buildout world. – mawimawi Jul 08 '13 at 08:55
Possible duplicate of [How to import a module given the full path?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/67631/how-to-import-a-module-given-the-full-path) – ideasman42 Mar 14 '17 at 10:53

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