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  from twilio.rest import Client

account_sid = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
auth_token = "your_auth_token"
client = Client(account_sid, auth_token)

for sms in client.messages.list():
    print(sms.to)

here what is the meaning of keyword "from"?

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    Possible duplicate of [How to import other Python files?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2349991/how-to-import-other-python-files) – DarkSuniuM Nov 10 '18 at 00:41

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It allows you to import an element from a module without referencing the full module name to use it.

For example:

import time
time.sleep(10) # to sleep for 10 seconds

as opposed to 

from time import sleep
sleep(10)
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Allows you to import specific methods from a module without importing the entire library. If you want to import every method in that module, you can also use for example:

from pandas import *
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  • This allows you to import specific *names*, not *methods*. While theoretically, a method could be bound to some module-level name, that is unlikely. You probably mean *function* – juanpa.arrivillaga Nov 10 '18 at 00:24