How to reference python package when filename contains a period

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I am using django and I have a file named models.admin.py and I want to do the following idea in models.py:

from "models.admin" import *

however, I get a syntax error for having double quotes. But if I just do 

from models.admin import *

then I get "ImportError: No module named admin"

Is there any way to import from a python file that has a period in its name?

import module python-import package python
6 Answers

Like below

Assume dir structure is like this:

C:.
│   script.py
│   
└───Parent
    └───Child
        ├───1.1
        │       main.py
        │       
        └───1.2

**assume you want to import main.py in script.py **

your main.py looks like below

def my_function():
  print("Hello from a function")

your script.py looks like below

from os import path
import importlib
from os.path import dirname
import sys
import importlib.util


def getPath():
    # your logic to get to the path
    return path.join(dirname(__file__),'Parent','Child','1.1','main.py')

file_path = getPath() 
module_name = 'main'

spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, file_path)
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
spec.loader.exec_module(module)

#call functions like this
module.my_function()

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