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I'm trying to debug my python app using VSCode. But I cannot configure my environment right. Attempting to import a class from one folder in my source path to another, gives me this message: 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/mb/Library/source/sandbox/lib/lib.py", line 1, in <module>
    from app.main import MyClass
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'app'

I created a simple app to exhibit the problem. My source path looks like this:

sandbox
+-- .vscode
    --- launch.json
+-- app
    --- __init__.py
    --- main.py
+-- lib
    -- lib.py

# main.py

class MyClass:
    def __init__(self):
        print('Creating object...')
    def print_message(self, message):
        print(message)

# lib.py

from app.main import MyClass


myclass = MyClass()
myclass.print_message('hello, world!')

Trying to run lib.py using the default configuration to run current file I get the error message above.

Additionally, I created a .vscode/launch.json to set the working directory, but to no avail. Here is my launch.json:

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python: Current File",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}",
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
        },
        {
            "name": "Python: Module",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "module": "main"
        }
    ]
}

I'm sure, I'm missing a simple setup, but I can't put my finger on it.

Note

  • The interpreter used is: Python 3.7.5 64-bit
  • The above code works fine in PyCharm.
  • After some reading on VSCode documentation, I added "env": {"PYTHONPATH": "${workspaceFolder}"} to launch.json, but that didn't do any good.
  • I also created a VSCode task to echo the ${workspaceFolder} variable, and the output was stripped of all the \ from the path, as if they were not escaped. Here is the task in .vscode/tasks.json:
{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
      {
        "label": "workspaceFolder",
        "type": "shell",
        "command": "echo ${workspaceFolder}"
      }
    ]
  }

And here is the output that got from it:

> Executing task: echo C:\Users\mb\Library\source\sandbox <

C:UsersmbLibrarysourcesandbox

Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it.
mbadawi23
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2 Answers2

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Have a look here

basically, what you wanna do is cd /path/to/sandbox then export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)

Now that you have the root dir of your app in the python-path.

You simply treat everything at this level.

from app.main import MyClass <- correct and should work!

DUDANF
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Let me try to help you out.When you want to import a file which is not in the current directory, do like this.

from . import main

For second problem visit this LINK

Adam Strauss
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