Is there a straightforward way to find all the modules that are part of a python package? I've found this old discussion, which is not really conclusive, but I'd love to have a definite answer before I roll out my own solution based on os.listdir().
Yes, you want something based on pkgutil or similar -- this way you can treat all packages alike regardless if they are in eggs or zips or so (where os.listdir won't help).
import pkgutil
# this is the package we are inspecting -- for example 'email' from stdlib
import email
package = email
for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.iter_modules(package.__path__):
print "Found submodule %s (is a package: %s)" % (modname, ispkg)
How to import them too? You can just use __import__ as normal:
import pkgutil
# this is the package we are inspecting -- for example 'email' from stdlib
import email
package = email
prefix = package.__name__ + "."
for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.iter_modules(package.__path__, prefix):
print "Found submodule %s (is a package: %s)" % (modname, ispkg)
module = __import__(modname, fromlist="dummy")
print "Imported", module