How to find all child modules in Python?

Question

While it is fairly trivial in Python to import a \"child\" module into another module and list its attributes, it becomes slightly more difficult when you want to import all

Answer 1

You can try globbing the directory:

import os
import glob

modules = glob.glob(os.path.join('/some/path/to/modules', '*.py'))

Then you can try importing them:

checked_modules
for module in modules:
    try:
        __import__(module, globals(), locals()) # returns module object
    except ImportError:
        pass
    else:
        checked_modules.append(module)