Import Module Using Relative Paths

Let me start off by saying I know this issue has already been discussed, but I could not find a solution that was similar to my case. I have a directory structure like the followin

Solution 1:

Using PYTHONPATH=., go to the directory one level up from "project".

Invoke your code with somewhat long names, e.g. $ python -m project.tools.my_tool.tool_name. That way "tools" code will be allowed to access "tests", since it's still within "project".

Solution 2:

tool_name.py

print("tool_name.py imported")

constants.py

print("constants.py imported")

check_lib.py

print("check_lib.py imported")

my_test.py

import constants
import common.check_lib

from sys import path as external_import

external_import.append("../../tools/my_tool/")
import tool_name

print("my_test.py is running")

output :

constants.py imported
check_lib.py imported
tool_name.py imported
my_test.py is running