Python context file

Stolen from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python¹, I use a context.py file to import python source code located in another directory. This is especially useful for importing source code into test files (which are typically located under the test/ directory for me) and for ipython notebooks (which are typically located under the notebooks directory for me).

¹ https://docs.python-guide.org/writing/structure/

Stick the following snippet in a context.py file in the directory where the source code is required to be imported.

context.py

import os
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..')))

import sample

And in the file where the module need to be imported, stick the following.

your-python-file.py

from .context import sample