There are two ways to import modules.
1) The standard Python way:
If you install modules in a place where pyhon can find them (in
sys.path) then you just import them as you would normally do in Python
form youmodule import something
2) The "additional" web2py.
If a module is in a place that is not in the python path then you have
to specifiy the path. For example if the module in in the appliance:
from applications.appname.modules.yourmodule import somthing
since occasionally you do not know the name of the app then you do
exec('from applications.%s.modules.yourmodule import somthing' %
request.application)
We could add, by default, the applications.*.modules paths to sys.path
but then conflicts between different apps may arise if two apps have
modules with the same name. This is due to the fact that Python has a
global sys.path not a thread safe path.
On Aug 12, 6:48 am, Ahmed Soliman <ah...@farghal.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> After reading about importing modules in web2py I feel not satisfied
> regarding the way I import modules from the modules directory because I have
> to specify the application name in the import statement, the other ways are
> hackish and are painful if you are doing lots of imports.
>
> Another issue is that. I want to add classes and new validators to my code,
> where should I put that? model was the best place so far because when I
> change my code in those classes I don't have to restart the python instance
> so web2py can see my changes as the case in modules/
>
> But the problem is that in model/ I cannot import other modules from the
> same package *model* is there a nicer way to organize my stuff in a way
> that's more intuitive?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ahmed Soliman
> Software Engineer
> B-Virtual Team.
>
> Thebe Technology. Egypt - Belgium
> 16 Nehro St. Heliopolis. Cairo
> Egypt.
>
> http://www.b-virtual.orghttp://www.thebetechnology.com
>
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