How to perform Relative imports using Python

Question

My dir looks like this

parentDir
    |__ app
    |    |__ main.py
    |
    |__ file.py

I'm in main.py and want to import a func in module file.py. I have tried to do from ../file import get_func but I get an error

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

My way does not work, any idea where I'm going wrong?

I'm using python 3.8

@AdamSmith When i do that i get ``ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package``. Any idea of a work around? — Shadow Walker, Mar 23 '21 at 09:16
@AshishMJ I'm getting an error ``ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'parentDir'`` when I do ``from parentDir.file import get_func`` — Shadow Walker, Mar 23 '21 at 09:20
Does this answer your question? [Importing from a relative path in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7505988/importing-from-a-relative-path-in-python) — Pitto, Mar 23 '21 at 09:21

pykam · Answer 1 · 2021-03-23T09:38:12.807

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You first need to remove the /. Just do from ..file import get_func

Secondly, to import from file.py the package directory parentDir must be accessible from the Python module search path (sys.path)

So you need to add it to sys.path using sys.path.append(path_of_parentDir)

edited Mar 23 '21 at 09:38

answered Mar 23 '21 at 09:26

pykam

Nice. I’d recommend using `sys.path.insert(0, path)` as the import reads `sys.path` top to bottom, so to speak. – S3DEV Mar 23 '21 at 09:30

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