importing python in an app

[ely-peddler]

I'm trying to split my app into multiple py files but I can't find a way to import the extra code

I have a set up something like this

my_app/
    __init__.py
    my_app.py
    util.py

I've tried multiple import statements in my_app.py to try to include the code in util.py but they all fail for various reasons including AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '...' and ImportError: can't perform relative import

Is it possible to split a tulip app into multiple py files? If so how?

[bwhitman]

This should work! Are you using run('my_app') to start this app?

[ely-peddler]

yes

[bwhitman]

I just made a test case for this, seem to work for me. Folder test looks like

test/
    test.py
    a.py

test.py is:

import a
print(a.a())

a.py is:

def a():
    return "hello"

and then

>>> run('test')
hello

What is different about what you're trying?

[ely-peddler]

might be that i'm importing classes - i will try your code and see if i get that working

[bwhitman]

A thing that may trip you up is if Tulip stays in the app directory when you go to the REPL. I think this happens if the app has an error. So double check when you're run('my_app') that you're in the directory that has your my_app directory in it.

[ely-peddler]

will do that, tried you example and extended it in various ways and they all work, so must be something i'm doing.

also it looks like i don't need a init.py, is that right?

[ely-peddler]

it's working now - i did nothing special - who knows what happened - sorry i know that's not that helpful but it's working so I'll stop bothering you at least

[bwhitman]

no bother! great you got it working!!