python import module from different folder

Question

I have the following folder structure:

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In this process_file.py script I want to be able to import the class process_things.py which is in the classes folder. Tried following method 3 in this blog but it doesn't seem to work: https://blog.finxter.com/python-how-to-import-modules-from-another-folder/

I have noticed that if I put the process_file.py file outside the jobs folder and run from classes import process_file then it works fine, but ideally I really want the file to be in the jobs folder.

Answer 1

did you check sys lib? a quick way like this :

 import sys
 sys.path.append('/path_to_your_project_folder/src/databricks/classes')
 import process_things

• tommyhmt: yeah that works but I want to stick to method 3 if possible