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Import a python module without the .py extension

I have a Python source code file called foobar. It has no .py extension because I also use it as a standalone script, and I don't want to type the .py extension to run it. In the same directory I have another python file that needs to import that code. But import foobar doesn't work; I would have to rename the file to foobar.py.

Is there some other way to import a Python module that doesn't have the .py extension?

Solution

  • You can use the imp.load_source function (from the imp module), to load a module dynamically from a given file-system path.

    import imp
foobar = imp.load_source('foobar', '/path/to/foobar')

    This SO discussion also shows some interesting options.