magicalimport
Importing a module from physical file path.
examples
these files are existed, then..
$ tree
.
├── a
│ └── b
│ └── c
│ └── foo.py
└── main.py
4 directories, 3 files
a/b/c/foo.py
name = "foo"
_age = "*secret*"
from magicalimport import import_from_physical_path
# importing foo.py as the module named foo2
foo = import_from_physical_path("./a/b/c/foo.py", as_="foo2")
print(foo.name)
# cached in sys.modules, so it is ok.
import foo2
print(foo2.name)
here option
from magicalimport import import_from_physical_path
import_from_physical_path("bar.py", here="/tmp/foo", as_="bar")
star import
from magicalimport import import_from_physical_path
from magicalimport import expose_all_members
# something of like a `from foo import *`
expose_all_members(import_from_physical_path("./a/b/c/foo.py"))
print(name) # "foo"
# print(_age) # NameError.. because expose_all_members() doesn't expose the symbols started by "_"
# or
from magicalimport import expose_members
expose_members(import_from_physical_path("./a/b/c/foo.py"), members=["_age"])
print(_age) # "*secret*"