What is the equivalent of imp.find_module in importlib

Question

Some of my code use the now deprecated imp package to find a module

toolboxFile, toolboxPath, toolboxDescription = imp.find_module(\"Tools\")
         


        

Answer 1

According to Python official documentation in this page imp

find_module Deprecated since version 3.3 Use importlib.util.find_spec() instead unless Python 3.3 compatibility is required, in which case use importlib.find_loader().

Use importlib.util.find_spec("Tools") for find spec for more information you can see this link.

And use importlib.find_loader("Tools") for find loader more information

EDIT:

sample code

import importlib
import importlib.util
import sys

    name="test"
    moduledir="d:\\dirtest"
# this is optional set that if you what load from specific directory
    try:
        spec = importlib.util.find_spec(name,moduledir)
        if spec is None:
            print("Import error 0: " + " module not found")
            sys.exit(0)
        toolbox = spec.loader.load_module()
    except (ValueError, ImportError) as msg:
        print("Import error 3: "+str(msg))
        sys.exit(0)

    print("load module")