python relative inclusion

Question

I have created a little framework and my directory structure is this

myframework -> contrib -> jinja2
myframework -> contrib -> session
myframework -> start.py

the problem is for package under contrib, infact jinjia2 like session have subdirectory and in the __init__.py of jinja2 there're some imports relative to root position so now to make it working, I must put jinja2 package into root dir, there's a way to make working in

I have some trouble understanding your question. Does jinja2 lie under contrib as well as session or does session lie in a folder contrib inside jinja2? It looks like you never finished your last sentence either, making it a bit hard to see what you want :D — Skurmedel, Jan 24 '11 at 09:48
ops sorry I have a start.py where I import the jinja2 template, but I I put under a directory (contrib) imports in jinja2 don't work so if I want include jinja2 in session/__init__.py don't work because jinjia2 expect to be in site root dir :) — LXG, Jan 24 '11 at 16:51

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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You are going to have a hard time if you are going to redesign the structure of package where relative imports are already used. Just use the package in the way it was designed to and for multiple packages, just make sure that they are all in PYTHONPATH. relative imports work best under the following directory structure and reference mechanism. Just make sure that your modules are accessing the files in the similar way.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Jan 24 '11 at 10:06

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thanks for answer, the problem is that my site is in google apps engine and how can append to path contrib/ directory? – LXG Jan 24 '11 at 16:53
@user233150 Append the path to the contrib dir to `sys.path`. – Nick Johnson Jan 25 '11 at 00:08
I hope you are doing `sys.path.append('path/to/your/contrib')` from the module were your main request handler is. – Senthil Kumaran Jan 25 '11 at 07:50

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