Dynamic loading of python modules

Question

In python how do you dynamically add modules to a package while your program is running.

I want to be able to add modules to the package directory from an outside pr

Answer 1

One trick with Bastien's answer... The __import__() function returns the package object, not the module object. If you use the following function, it will dynamically load the module from the package and return you the module, not the package.

def my_import(name):
    mod = __import__(name)
    components = name.split('.')
    for comp in components[1:]:
        mod = getattr(mod, comp)
    return mod

Then you can do:

mod = my_import('package.' + name)
mod.doSomething()