Python - Get path of root project structure

Question

I\'ve got a python project with a configuration file in the project root. The configuration file needs to be accessed in a few different files throughout the project.

Answer 1

To get the path of the "root" module, you can use:

import os
import sys
os.path.dirname(sys.modules['__main__'].__file__)

But more interestingly if you have an config "object" in your top-most module you could -read- from it like so:

app = sys.modules['__main__']
stuff = app.config.somefunc()