Calling my Python file from the QGIS Python console?

Question

Situation: I have a Python file called 'Hello.py' and another Python file called 'File1.py'. Hello.py imports File1.py.

Hello.py code is:

print 'hello people'
import File1
File1

File1.py code is:

print 'hello world'

The files are located:

My files is located C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\PyPack\

Using 'OSGeo4W.bat' provided in the QGIS directory, I execute the following commands:

C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18>cd C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\PyPack
python Hello.py

And the output is:

hello people
hello world

What do I type in this window to run Hello.py, which gives the output? enter image description here

I have tried:

1 - dragging the 'Hello.py' file into the QGIS Python console

2 - the following command:

execfile(u'C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\PyPack\Hello.py'.encode('mbcs'))

3 - I tried to open 'Hello.py' in the QGIS python editor and run it with the same output.

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And the outputs were:

hello people 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
File "<input>", line 1, in <module> 
File "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\PyPack\Hello.py", line 2, in <module> 
import File1 
File "C:/PROGRA~1/QGIS2~1.18/apps/qgis/./python\qgis\utils.py", line 607, in _import 
mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level) 
ImportError: No module named File1 

Answer 1

1) Just drag the python file to frame of python in QGIS.
2) Another way:

execfile(u'C:/hi.py'.encode('mbcs'))

To import python modules while working on QGIS, write below lines:

import sys 
sys.path 
sys.path.append("C:/PyPack") #Add this folder to python environment path
import File1 

• LHo: That's great, thank you. Is there also a way to call it by typing into the console?
• LHo: I updated the question to include imported files. Would you mind please updating your answer if possible?
• Shiko: @Joe answer updated
• LHo: I get this output: execfile(u'C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\PyPack\Hello.py'.encode('mbcs')) hello people Traceback (most recent call last): File "<input>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\PyPack\Hello.py", line 2, in <module> import File1 File "C:/PROGRA~1/QGIS2~1.18/apps/qgis/./python\qgis\utils.py", line 607, in _import mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level) ImportError: No module named File1 ...... I might need to update the one of the python files to make the import work in QGIS Python console?
• Shiko: Have you tested it outside of QGIS ? was is the same case when you dragged the file ?

Answer 2

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Python 2 builtin function "execfile" was removed in Python 3.0, now you can use:

exec(open(r"C:\Program Files\QGIS 2.18\PyPack\Hello.py".encode('utf-8')).read())

On this line, we open the .py file (assuming it was saved with the usual "utf-8" encoding), then get the content as a string, and finally run the code in the Qgis python console line by line.

• Vince: While it's okay to Answer an answered question, you really need to put more than a single line in such an Answer, explaining what is different or better about your solution.
• Pablo Manera: Done. Thanks @Vince .