Importing a file from outside directory Python

Question

I currently have a directory structure like so:

- App
-- Model
-- Controller
-- View
-- main.py

I want to import main.py into a class into a controller file for testing purposes. How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

Add an empty __init__.py file in the directory App to turn that directory into a package.

Then, provided the /path/to/App is visible in the sys.path of your python environment, you should be able to:

from App import main