Is it possible to specify PYTHONPATH in a project?
The thing is that when I run the application on my pc, I get the following error:
But when I type set PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH%;F:\Projects\team works\keepa in the console, the error disappears.
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there are other ways you can do imports without modifying python path from your systems environment variables, please look into some methods
I don't really know what to try anymore. I get this file structure:
keepa/
|----src/
|----discord/
|----omnibytes/
|----main.py
|----cogs/
|----utils/
|----product.py
|----monitors/
|----product.py
|----amazon/
|----amazon_product.py
|----amazon_resell_viability.py
|----request_headers/
|----request_headers.py
The function and class calls come from the product.py file and I've tried using relative file paths via ....monitors and so on. But no luck.
interesting, okay I'll see what I can do and get back to you
idk if it helps, but just in case. The way I work around this is changing internally the working folder with
os.chdir(PATH), but I prefer doing this at bash level from a docker image and then I start my python appsorry i dont know enough about python to come to a solution, im sure you arent the first to have this issue so id recommend maybe checking stack overflow?
I just saw a problem. @x4zx is trying to call
src folder as a module, but since it's a folder, you must call it as a package. Did it ever work once?No, but it does have a
__init__.py file in each foldercould it be because of the disk F from where you are trying to execute your app?
because you say that it gets fixed when you add the env variable, but it shouldn't be necessary at all
I think that's unlikely.
Because even on the hosting site this error occurs
and does it not work setting the env var like you do in windows?
because, attending to the title's question, yes, you can specify that var for a service, and, for project level, I remember that was added recently that feature, which enables you to share environment variables through services
I just don't know how to do it or if it will help
setting that variable would be a hacky and non portable solution, please look into how you would correctly approach this issue
I think it's ok to try, it could be insightful and would lead to catch the real problem an then solve this easily
and you can make it portable if you make a template of it xD
but I understand your point that this is far from being the solution and must be still be resolved
with that in mind...
go to the service in the dashboard and in the variables tab, select "New Variable" (button in the right side of the pic)
here you write the name "PYTHONPATH". For the value, it doesn't use variables like %VAR% or $VAR, so you must type by yourself the full path for every path needed
do you have a public repo of this? so I can try by myself to replicate the error. If it is private, we can still try to replicate the folder hierarchy and replicate the error trying to import dumb functions (this would be a better option, because it's not inherent to your app, but to the python interpreter)
The repository is private, but the hierarchy of files that are used is below:
keepa/
|----src/
|----discord/
|----omnibytes/
|----main.py
|----cogs/
|----utils/
|----product.py
|----monitors/
|----product.py
|----amazon/
|----amazon_product.py
|----amazon_resell_viability.py
|----request_headers/
|----request_headers.py
need to confirm. Is
main.py the main file from where your app starts?yep
ok, I'll fill the rest of the
py files with dumb functions and call them from main.py
does it simulate your import flows?I think so.
does
utils/product.py import something from monitors/product.py or vice versa? Or is everything imported by main.py?The main problem arises from
utils/product.py. A list of what it imports:
can you copy and paste the code of this pic in the chat, please?
Sorry, but it's past my bedtime. I'm very grateful for your help!
don't worry!
tomorrow we can continue, but for me it looks like it's a virtual environment issue, so it will work in my pc with the little information I currently have ): And that might be the reason for needing the
PYTHONPATH var
anyway, I'll make the dummy functions and will go to bed too hahaha. See ya!
hi! I'm back. I need your start command (:Hello, sorry for the delay. Here is my run command:
python src/discord/omnibytes/main.py - this is if run from the root directorygot it! give me a couple of minutes
ok. Check this, @x4zx
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try adding this to your main file
I also want to say that I moved the bot folder to the same level as the
src folder and tried to run the bot. But I got the same errorsend the new hierarchy
The structure didn't change, I tried running it - it didn't work. So I put it all back
ok
It helped.
is it working now? o:
I thought I would take more steps to be honest hahaha
😅
I don't remember exactly all the changes I made, I'm waking up hahaha
but let me explain some things that I did and why it works
I added two files because you were importing them, though they didn't appear in the hierarchy you sent. That's all what's different
now, what does the solution do is pretty much the same as the
pythonpath env var
i'm adding the current path to the look up table of python at start up. sys.path is the variable which keeps all the path from where python look for modules
so that var is your best friend
in normal cases this shouldn't be required if you run your app from the root folder, i.e., if you have your app.py file run from root like python app.py
but if it sounds like a hacky way of doing the job, it is mandatory when you work with virtual environments in python, since you are moving the actual python path for the interpreter
and if you work with docker, you'll have to do some pretty similar stuff
and that's itGot it. Thank you so much for your patience and help 🤩
so, basically, this error is because in
product.py, src folder was effectively out of scope
you're welcome!
I want to run a bot on the hosting right now.
i hope it works hahah
let me know what happens
in any case, I'd recommend to learn docker, because this is the only way you ensure that what's working in your pc will work in the server, because you are basically deploying your pc to the server xD
good luck!