Python: import all submodules' method?

Question

I organized my helper method into this way:

All the methods are used in the current file, so I need to import them like this:

from helpers.utility_helper import *
from helpers.app_helper import *
from helpers.gmm_helper import *
from helpers.plot_helper import *

So I can directly use methods in each of the submodule. For example, use my_helper() instead of helpers.utility_helper.my_helper().

But this looks quite verbose, is it possible to combine them into one line? Something may look like

import * from helpers/*

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '16 at 03:15

I would advise to use explicit imports instead of importing whole:

from helpers.utility_helper import my_helper, your_helper

This will help to avoid mistakes.

For short names you can use as:

import helpers.utility_helper as util
import helpers.app_helper as app
import helpers.gmm_helper as gmm
import helpers.plot_helper as plot

It is quite normal practice.

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