ModuleNotFoundError in Python

Question

I have a PyCharm project organized as follows:

---project folder
-----------utilities
-----------------file.py
-----------------file2.py
-----------work
-----------------main.py

in main.py I'm using some functions from the utilities package as follows:

from utilities.file import function, another_function

in PyCharm I can run it and it works.

When I run it on the terminal I hit

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "work\main.py", line 13, in <module>
    from utilities.file import function
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'utilities'

Someone knows why and how to fix it?

Either put your project folder into your python path or use a try-except clause for your imports. — Spinor8
– Spinor8, Commented Aug 30, 2019 at 7:03
create an empty file called __init__.py in folder utilities and try again see if it works — realhu
– realhu, Commented Aug 30, 2019 at 7:06

Yash · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-30 07:07:22Z

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When using the terminal, The Python interpreter needs to know to path to your imported module.

Try this

import sys
sys.path.append('my/path/to/myModule/dir')
import myModule

However, a better approach would be setting PYTHONPATH to your project directory like this

set PYTHONPATH=my/path/to/project

answered Aug 30, 2019 at 7:07

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Ambitions · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-30 07:15:47Z

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Use from ..utilities.file import function, another_function instead

Explanation: double dots will go up by one directory, and then you will access utilities folder, and then you will import file

Also, create an empty file named __init__.py as recommended by my colleague. Please notice the double underscore.

answered Aug 30, 2019 at 7:15

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ValueError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package I get this

Juri Noga · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-30 08:20:24Z

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import sys
import os
mydir = os.getcwd() # directory that your python file
sys.path.append(mydir)
import myModule

edited Aug 30, 2019 at 8:20

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answered Aug 30, 2019 at 7:27

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