how to import a 'zip' file to my .py

Question

when i use http://github.com/joshthecoder/tweepy-examples ,

i find :

import tweepy

in the appengine\\oauth_example\\handlers.py

Answer 1

The name of the zip file is irrelevent when searching for modules - this allows you to include version numbers in the file name, such as my_b_package.1.2.3.zip.

To import from a zip file, you need to replicate the full package structure within it. In this case, you need a package b, with the __init__.py and c.py modules.

I.e:

b.zip
|
| -- b <dir>
     | -- __init__.py
     | -- c.py

Answer 2

You don't import zip files, you add them to sys.path so that you can import modules within them. sys.path is a list, and as such the normal list methods/operations (e.g. .append()) all work on it.