Share a python module between my scripts

[lionel.courgnaud]

Hello,

I'd like to share a homemade module (containing only functions) between all my scripts.

My script Fusion Folder looks like :

Scripts

    |_ myscript1

         |_ myscript1.py

    |_ myscript2

         |_ myscript2.py

It seems I can't store my custom mymodule.py @ the root of fusion scripts folder ("Scripts")

How could I do to import this module into each of my scripts without copying it into each folders ?

I looked for some paths where I could copy mymodule.py but I found nothing.

thanks for your precious help.

[JeromeBriot]

Hello,

You can use sys.path.append() at the begining of the code.

[lionel.courgnaud]

Thanks for the answer.

I tried :

import sys

sys.path.append('../mymodulepath')

Is there something else to do to have the autocompletion and/or import mymodule.py ? 

It seems I can extend the sys.path but I don't know how to use it.

I found a system solution, but I'm not sure it's a good practice :

I created a symlink in my script folder. This symlink is pointing to mymodule.py

in my main script I added  from . import mymodule

now, I can access to mymodule.myfunction() 

thés

[lionel.courgnaud · Accepted solution]

One solution I found is to create a symlink for the module (but it's not a real good python practice)

Exemple :

Scripts

|_ myscript1

|_ myscript1.py

|_ myscript2

|_ myscript2.py

|_sharedmodule

|_sharedmodule.py

Symlink in myscript1/ => ln -s ./sharedmodule/sharedmodule.py sharedmodule.py

Add to file myscript1.py => from . import sharedmodule

Call in this file sharedmodule.myfunction() 

I noticed I had to restart visual studio code from Fusion360 to make it works.

[JeromeBriot]

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@lionel.courgnaud wrote:

import sys

sys.path.append('../mymodulepath')

Is there something else to do to have the autocompletion and/or import mymodule.py ? 

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Try this:

import sys

sys.path.append('../mymodulepath')

import mymodule

[JeromeBriot]

You can also directly use relative import:

from ..mymodulepath import mymodule

[lionel.courgnaud]

hello.

thanks for your help. I tried to import mymodule but the only result I had was

ImportError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package

[JeromeBriot]

Another attempt:

sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
from mymodulepath import mymodule

Or:

sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'mymodulepath'))
import mymodule

[lionel.courgnaud]

Hello,

I tried with this 2 declarations, and I can run the script, but I have no autocompletion writing my scripts.

A symlink is the best (and ugly) way I found to share module.

[JeromeBriot · Accepted solution]

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@lionel.courgnaud wrote:

I have no autocompletion writing my scripts.

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Open the settings.json file in the .vscode folder and add the following entry as an item in the "python.analysis.extraPaths" list:

"${workspaceFolder}/../modules"

Watch this video:

[lionel.courgnaud]

This solution is perfect for me 🙂 Thanks !