How to import a file in python?

Question

How to access models/usrs from resources/user

├───models
|   └───user.py
├───resources
|   └───user.py

First I import it like this one:

from code.models.user import UserModel

But I got a compile-time error:

`Cannot find reference 'models' in 'code.py'`

And I tried another way like this one:

from ..models.user import UserModel

But I got a runtime error:

ImportError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package

And I added init.py in both files but still doesn't work.

And also I tried these solutions but they don't fix my issue, please help me

You likely need an `__init__.py` file in the models and resources folders. — h0r53, Sep 21 '21 at 16:09
Does this answer your question? [Importing files from different folder](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4383571/importing-files-from-different-folder) — K450, Sep 21 '21 at 16:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '21 at 17:10

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Add the models and resources directories to your $PYTHONPATH or use sys.path:

export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/path/you/want/to/add

Or:

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "/home/project-name/models")

Or add "__ init__.py" to code directory:

from code.models import user

answered Sep 21 '21 at 17:10

Thank you @Little Bamboo, First) I don't try the first one Second) `import sys sys.path.insert(0, "D:\Projects\Python\UdemyProjects\SixSimplifying\code\models") import user` I got this error: `SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 18-21: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape` Third) I got this error: `Cannot find reference 'models' in 'code.py' ` Can you give more detailed advice? – abbas jafari Sep 21 '21 at 18:01
This is because the string you're using sees the back slashes as escape characters. I believe you can just add the letter 'r' just before your path. Such as sys.path.insert(0, r"D:\Projects\Python\UdemyProjects\SixSimplifying\code\models") – Sep 21 '21 at 20:58
You can also change all of your backslashes to forward slashes as well. – Sep 21 '21 at 21:00
I added like this one `import sys sys.path.insert(0, r"D:/Projects/Python/UdemyProjects/SixSimplifying/code/models") import user` but now I got this error: `python: can't open file 'D:\Projects\Python\UdemyProjects\SixSimplifying\code\Test.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory` – abbas jafari Sep 22 '21 at 02:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 22 '21 at 17:23

And finally, I fix my issue:

As @Little Bamboo said: I used sys concept for the import like below:

import sys    
sys.path.append("D:\\Projects\\Python\\UdemyProjects\\SixSimplifyingTwo")    
from mycode.models.userone import UserModel

But that was not all, some of my files had the same names and I changed the names of the files.

And also I had a folder called code, and from the below link I understood that code is a built-in Python module and I changed the code folder name.

Can you mark my answer as correct? Thank you! Glad to help! – Sep 22 '21 at 19:42 — , Sep 22 '21 at 19:42

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