Python modules import *

Question

I have a folder of modules called commands.

these modules each have a unique named function in them.

From the main directory, the one with the commands folder, I have a main.py

I can import all the modules with from commands import *

Is there a way to import all the functions inside all the modules without importing them individually. Even using a for loop would be fine.

• JacobIRR: Does from commands import * fail? That sounds like it should work. Also: is there an __init__.py file in the commands folder?
• Qwerty: @JacobIRR that does not fail. Did you read the question?
• JacobIRR: Ah, now I understand. So the modules' inner functions are currently only available by calling somemodule.somefunction() instead of just being able to call somefunction() ?
• Qwerty: @JacobIRR yes. That is what I am trying to fix, without importing them all one by one
• JacobIRR: You cannot pass a dynamic or evaluated value to an import statement, so I don't think this is possible.

Answer 1

Assuming you have a directory which have some python files (.py) and a main.py (inside the same directory) into which you want all functions of other files to be available. Here is a naive approach (a bad idea, really), and of course, watch out for name collisions:

Inside main.py:

from os import listdir
from importlib import import_module
for file in listdir('.'): 
 if file.endswith('.py') and file not in __file__:
 module_name = file[:file.index('.py')]
 # if you want all functions to just this file (main.py) use locals(); if you want the caller of main.py to have access, use globals()
 globals().update(import_module(module_name).__dict__)
# Functions defined in all other .py files are available here