paste.util.import_string
– Import objects from strings¶
‘imports’ a string – converts a string to a Python object, importing any necessary modules and evaluating the expression. Everything before the : in an import expression is the module path; everything after is an expression to be evaluated in the namespace of that module.
Alternately, if no : is present, then import the modules and get the attributes as necessary. Arbitrary expressions are not allowed in that case.
Module Contents¶
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eval_import
(s)¶ Import a module, or import an object from a module.
A module name like
foo.bar:baz()
can be used, wherefoo.bar
is the module, andbaz()
is an expression evaluated in the context of that module. Note this is not safe on arbitrary strings because of the eval.
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simple_import
(s)¶ Import a module, or import an object from a module.
A name like
foo.bar.baz
can be a modulefoo.bar.baz
or a modulefoo.bar
with an objectbaz
in it, or a modulefoo
with an objectbar
with an attributebaz
.
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import_module
(s)¶ Import a module.
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try_import_module
(module_name)¶ Imports a module, but catches import errors. Only catches errors when that module doesn’t exist; if that module itself has an import error it will still get raised. Returns None if the module doesn’t exist.