I'm trying to import a module from outside its directory in a.py.
The directory looks something like this:
.project
├── folder_1
│ └── a.py
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├── folder_2
│ ├── __init__.py
│ └── b.py
My code in a.py
#contents of a.py
from ..folder_2 import b.py
But from this, I'm getting this error
ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package
I've been searching for a solution for this problem for quite a while but I haven't been able to find anything that helps.
With the following structure:
├── project
├── __init__.py
├── folder_1
│ ├── __init__.py
│ └── a.py
├── folder_2
│ ├── __init__.py
│ └── b.py
└── main.py
your a.py will not complain when executing main.py:
from project.folder_1 import a
Since project is a package for main.py and folder_1 and folder_2 are subpackages of it, you can use
Intra-package References.
If you want to directly execute a.py, you can simply do the following:
import sys
sys.path.append('..')
from folder_2 import b