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Can't import modules in Python?

I'm following instructions and using files from: https://github.com/eBay/ebay-oauth-python-client
I'm getting error when I import: oauth2api, credentialutil, & model. This is step 3 in the above site.
import yaml, json
sys.path.insert(0, '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/oauthclient/model')
sys.path.insert(1, '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/test')
sys.path.insert(2, '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/oauthclient')
import credentialutil
import model
import oauth2api
print(sys.path)
error message:
C:\Users\kyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe C:/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/app.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/app.py", line 10, in
import credentialutil
File "/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/oauthclient\credentialutil.py", line 20, in
from model.model import environment, credentials
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'model.model'; 'model' is not a package
Process finished with exit code 1
The code runs if I only import model:
import yaml, json
sys.path.insert(0, '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/oauthclient/model')
sys.path.insert(1, '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/test')
sys.path.insert(2, '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/oauthclient')
import model
print(sys.path)
no error message:
C:\Users\kyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe C:/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/app.py
['/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/oauthclient/model', '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/test', '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/oauthclient', 'C:\Users\kyle\PycharmProjects\app', 'C:\Users\kyle\PycharmProjects\app', 'C:\Users\kyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python38.zip', 'C:\Users\kyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\DLLs', 'C:\Users\kyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib', 'C:\Users\kyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32', 'C:\Users\kyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages', 'C:\Users\kyle\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\pymodel']
Process finished with exit code 0
I'm also getting a green line under oauthclient, and I don't know why. Everything is spelled correctly.
sys.path.insert(0, '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/oauthclient/model')
sys.path.insert(2, '/Users/kyle/PycharmProjects/app/ebay-oauth-python-client-master/oauthclient')

I can see two problems.
First, it seems that you are using Python under Windows, but you tried to insert a MacOS path to sys.path. Are you sure that paths like /Users/kyle/... really exist in your file system?
Second, you only need to insert the parent path, i.e. /path/to/ebay-oauth-python-client/oauthclient to your sys.path. In my local test, this works:
import yaml, json
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, r"C:\Users\guosh\Downloads\test\ebay-oauth-python-client\oauthclient")
import credentialutil
import model
import oauth2api
print(sys.path)
However, I would suggest you import the package as a whole, like below:
import yaml, json
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, r"C:\Users\guosh\Downloads\test\ebay-oauth-python-client")
import oauthclient
print(sys.path)

Importing a function from a sibling folder in python producing strange errors

I'm have a script 'zigbot.py' which was working, but I'm restructuring to dockerize and now I'm questioning my ability to code at all. What I'm trying to do is have a telegram-bot container, and a 'web' container (FLASK), and a nginx container.
Next to zigbot.py I have a folder - 'bot', which has many of my scripts and functions in. Upon trying from bot.somescript import a_function I am getting error after error.
Project structure
zigbot
bot
bot
__init__.py
conversations.py
ct.py
Docerfile
funcs.py
pricedata.py
requirements.txt
util.py
zigbot.py
nginx
somestuff
web
app
migrations
templates
__init__.py
config.py
forms.py
functions.py
models.py
routes.py
signals.py
__init__.py
Dockerfile
requirements.txt
zigweb.py
When running the code below, I get a whole range of strange errors - the one listed below shows ImportError - it can't find 'onboard' in funcs, but its definitely there. Before the restructure, this was working. If I comment out 'onboard' it errors on every function in the list.
from bot.conversations import key_conversation
from bot.crypto_functions import satoshi_to_btc
from bot.funcs import onboard, main_menu, new_message1, new_keyboard, onboarded_keyboard, \
onboarded_message, blank_signal_message, send_signal_format, get_or_create_user, signal_detected_keyboard, log_me
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "zigbot.py", line 15, in <module>
from bot.funcs import onboard, main_menu, new_message1, new_keyboard, onboarded_keyboard, \
File "ZigBot\bot\bot\funcs.py", line 2, in <module>
from zigbot.web.app import db, app
File "ZigBot\bot\zigbot.py", line 15, in <module>
from bot.funcs import onboard, main_menu, new_message1, new_keyboard, onboarded_keyboard, \
ImportError: cannot import name 'onboard'
So I tried adding a .bot.conversation for (relative?) import, but this produces an even weirder error. I've included the code, the error, then the function I'm trying to import below:
from .bot.conversations import key_conversation
from .bot.crypto_functions import satoshi_to_btc
from .bot.funcs import onboard, main_menu, new_message1, new_keyboard, onboarded_keyboard, \
onboarded_message, blank_signal_message, send_signal_format, get_or_create_user, signal_detected_keyboard, log_me
from ..web.app import db
from ..web.app.models import User, Signal
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "zigbot.py", line 13, in <module>
from .bot.conversations import key_conversation
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '__main__.bot'; '__main__' is not a package
conversations.py
# Initialise conversationHandler states
def key_conversation(cancel):
# Define keyboards
keyboard = [
[InlineKeyboardButton('Previous', callback_data='onboard:key'),
InlineKeyboardButton('Next', callback_data='onboard:alldone')]]
conversation_keyboard = InlineKeyboardMarkup(keyboard)
Finally, I think I'm getting closer to the problem, I go back to the way I think it's supposed to be imported. From bot.funcs import x,y,y... I look in funcs.py and this is how its importing some other code from my Flask web app, but it doesn't like it.
funcs.py
from telegram import InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup
from web.app import db, app
from web.app.models import User
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "zigbot.py", line 15, in <module>
from bot.funcs import onboard, main_menu, new_message1, new_keyboard, onboarded_keyboard, \
File "ZigBot\bot\bot\funcs.py", line 2, in <module>
from web.app import db, app
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'web'
So I change the import to go up a level since web is two levels above bot - which contains the script I'm importing to. So zigbot>bot>bot>funcs.py trying to import from zigbot>web>app>
from telegram import InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup
from ..web.app import db, app
from ..web.app.models import User
import telegram
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "zigbot.py", line 15, in <module>
from bot.funcs import onboard, main_menu, new_message1, new_keyboard, onboarded_keyboard, \
File "\ZigBot\bot\bot\funcs.py", line 2, in <module>
from ..web.app import db, app
ValueError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package
This obviously doesn't work either. Given my structure of having bot and web how do I get this to work? I even tried pulling the scripts out of the second 'bot' folder but I get the same issues. Finally, my weirdest error which might provide a clue to what I'm doing wrong, if I change the import on funcs.py to go one level up, rather than two, I get an even stranger traceback.
from telegram import InlineKeyboardButton, InlineKeyboardMarkup
from .web.app import db, app
from .web.app.models import User
import telegram
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "zigbot.py", line 15, in <module>
from bot.funcs import onboard, main_menu, new_message1, new_keyboard, onboarded_keyboard, \
File "C:\Users\phill\PycharmProjects\ZigBot\bot\bot\funcs.py", line 2, in <module>
from .web.app import db, app
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bot.web'
For clarity I removed some 'C:\Users\phill' from the tracebacks before realising it was pointless to remove that.

I think there's a fundamental flaw in your split if you have library dependencies across the boundary. Assuming that there are no imports of bot-modules in your web container, I would suggest breaking off the shared code into a module named weblib or something (alongside the bot-, nginx- and web-folders).
You still should not try to import across would-be container boundaries however, so just make sure weblib is in your path or installed in your virtual environment or however you want to handle it. Basically, bot and web should run in separate environments and should have weblib as a dependency.
Someone wiser than me might be able to explain it better.

For relative imports to work all the packages and subpackages must be in the sys.path - to achieve this you should run from the top-level directory as in:
C:\Users\phill\zigbot>python -m bot.zigbot
This will make your current working dir (zigbot) available to sys.path and the subpackages will be resolved correctly

PyCharm & console don't let me use local modules

I'm absolutely frustraded about the fact that I can't start my Python journey. I have a simple service which I use as a training with Python which is new for me.
I've downloaded PyCharm and as long as I had one file, everything was fine.
That I decided to to some structure and suddenly my project stopped working.
I have a structure like:
project/
project/employees
project/employees/__init__.py
project/employees/employees.py
project/server.py
project/venv/
project/venv/(...)
The project is a source root.
And yet I have something like this:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/user/PycharmProjects/project/server.py", line 5, in <module>
from employees.employees import Employees, EmployeesName
File "C:\Users\user\PycharmProjects\project\employees\employees.py", line 4, in <module>
from server import db_connect
File "C:\Users\user\PycharmProjects\project\server.py", line 5, in <module>
from employees.employees import Employees, EmployeesName
ImportError: cannot import name 'Employees'
I tested this with VS Code and CMD and the same happend.
I would be grateful for any suggestions!
EDIT:
employees.py:
from flask_jsonpify import jsonify
from flask_restful import Resource
from server import db_connect
class Employees(Resource):
(...)
class EmployeesName(Resource):
(...)

The problem here is that you have a circular dependency.
In employees.py you import server.py; and vice versa.
You have to rearrange your .py files in order that not to happen anymore.

package import and NameError

I have some troubles with importation of self-made modules, I just can't see what I am doing wrong.
I have a package named basics, which has all my base classes
I have a second package named components, and every module in componentsuses the modules from basics.
I have a script file, located in another folder, which calls upon the basics and components modules.
I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Anaconda\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\widgets\externalshell\sitecustomize.py", line 540, in runfile
execfile(filename, namespace)
File "H:/scripts/CIF_utilities/scripts/hello world.py", line 11, in <module>
TW=TextWriter(r'H:/scripts/CIF_utilities/components')
File "H:\scripts\CIF_utilities\components\textwriter.py", line 23, in __init__
layout=Layout(File=os.path.join(path,'alphabet.CIF'))
NameError: global name 'Layout' is not defined
There is my script: hello world.py
#hello world.py
import basics
from components.textwriter import *
TW=TextWriter(r'H:/scripts/CIF_utilities/components')
cell=TW.writeText('Hello World',30e3)
cell.draw()
layout=Layout()
layout.addCell(cell)
layout.workCell=cell
layout.exportCIF('hello world',os.getcwd())
textwriter.py is the one giving the error. In init, I load some data from a preformatted file using the Layout class (which will make the import)
in textwriter.py
#texwriter.py
import basics
import os, os.path, sys
import re
from numpy import *
from scipy import *
class TextWriter:
def __init__(self,pathToCIF=None):
if pathToCIF==None:
path=os.path.split(textwriter.__file__)[0]
else:
path=pathToCIF
###line that crashes is here
layout=Layout(File=os.path.join(path,'alphabet.CIF'))
self.alphabet=layout.workCell
There is the layout.py class:
#layout.py
import basics
from numpy import *
from scipy import *
import Tkinter
import tkFileDialog
import os, os.path
import re
import datetime
class Layout:
countCell=0
#classmethod
def getNewNumber(self):
Layout.countCell+=1
return Layout.countCell
def __init__(self,File=None):
self.cellList=[]
self.layerList=[]
self.nameFile=""
self.comments=""
self.workCell=None
if File!=None:
self.importCIF(File)
the init.py of the basics package contains all the necessary importations:
#__init__.py in basics folder
from baseElt import *
from cell import *
from layout import *
from transformation import *
the init.py from components is empty
I am currently using the anaconda 64bits distribution (python 2.7 if I recall well)
Thanks for your much needed help!

Since Layout is imported in basics/__init__.py, it only exists in the basics namespace, not in helloworld.py. Either access it with
layout = basics.Layout()
or explicitly import Layout into helloworld.py with
from basics import Layout

In textwriter.py, you want to switch
layout=Layout(File=os.path.join(path,'alphabet.CIF'))
for
layout=basics.Layout(File=os.path.join(path,'alphabet.CIF'))
You may have similar problems along your code. it is good to note that it is not pythonic to use
from package import *
It is recommended to instead use
from package_or_module import specific_item
import package_or_module
Remember, if you import with regular import you have to use the module/package name to access the object you want (i.e. basics.Layout).

ImportError: cannot import name SlotMap

I am encountering an import error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\bartis\Desktop\Python\TEC-KB\SlotMapper.pyw", line 9, in <module>
from SlotMapper import SlotMap
File "C:\Users\bartis\Desktop\Python\TEC-KB\SlotMapper.pyw", line 9, in <module>
from SlotMapper import SlotMap
ImportError: cannot import name 'SlotMap
This should be a straightforward issue, but I can’t seem to find the problem. If I place the SlotMapper.py file in the same directory as the GUI I am using the import of SlotMap occurs without error. If I move the file to a directory under the current working directory and add - sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'appLib')) I receive the error above. See import statements and modification of PYTHONPATH below. I know the PYTHONPATH has been modified after I checked it from the debugger. I also know since there are other files under appLib required for the GUI to operate. Finally, I have checked all of the imported files for a circular reference and find none… So stuck. Any suggestions welcome
import os
import sys
sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'appLib', 'KB-GUI'))
sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'appLib'))
from tkinter import *
from SlotMapper import SlotMap
from ShelfTypeSelection import ShelfTypeSelector
from PackTypeSelection import PackTypeSlotMappingSelector
from EntryWidgets import EntryBase, ShelfSlotEntry

The reason this is not working is because your file is named SlotMapper.pyw. The line
from SlotMapper import SlotMap
is trying to import SlotMap from your current file, hence the error. Try renaming your file to slotmapper_test.pyw or something like that, and everything should work as expected. You don't want your code files to have the same names as any modules you're trying to import, as the import mechanism will try to find the classes/functions there first, instead of searching your modules first.