Import a module from a directory (package) one level up

Question

What is the right way in Python to import a module from a directory one level up? The directory is a Python package with all these modules and I have a sub directory with co

Answer 1

Instead of using upper imports, have an entry point that you can call from the upper most level and have your imports relative to that entry point in your recipe.py file.

Ex:

pkg1/
   __init__.py  
   main.py
   fruit.py  
   +sub_pkg
      __init__.py
      recipe.py

Where main.py contains:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import subpkg.recipe as recipe
import fruit

if __package__ is None and __name__ == "__main__":
    __package__ = "main"
    print()
    # Call recipe.py or fruit.py methods from here

And in recipe.py:

import fruit
# do stuff with fruit module, which is properly imported now

To run, call python3 main.py