"ImportError: No module named..." when importing my own module

python python-2.7 python-import pythonanywhere
Lucas Amos picture Lucas Amos · Feb 22, 2016 · Viewed 30.6k times · Source

I am trying to import a module and I keep getting an ImportError.

In the PortfolioStatus.py file I have the following code which imports the share_data class from the share_data.py module
from Shares.share_data import share_data

I am getting the following error: 

File "/home/lucasamos/FYP/Shares/Communication/PortfolioStatus.py", line 3, in <module>
from Shares.share_data import share_data
ImportError: No module named Shares.share_data

To make things more confusing this works fine on my local machine but I am hosting on PythonAnywhere and this is where I am getting the error

My file hierarchy is show in the image below

File hierarchy

Thanks in advance!

Answer

CoMartel picture CoMartel · Feb 22, 2016

you should try this:

import sys
sys.path.append("../Shares/templates")
import share_data

It adds your templates folder to the list of path python is checking for modules.

Related questions

Why does using from __future__ import print_function breaks Python2-style print?

I am new at programming with python, and I am trying to print out with a separator and end but it is still giving me a syntax error. I am using python 2.7. Here is my code: from __future__ import print_…

Read More
What does from __future__ import absolute_import actually do?

I have answered a question regarding absolute imports in Python, which I thought I understood based on reading the Python 2.5 changelog and accompanying PEP. However, upon installing Python 2.5 and attempting to craft an example of properly using from __future__ import …

Read More
ImportError: No module named mock

So I am trying to use unittest.mock to mock some of my methods in my unit tests. I do: from unittest.mock import MagicMock f = open("data/static/mock_ffprobe_response") subprocess.check_output = MagicMock(return_value=f.read()) …

Read More