Import modules from parent folder in Python

import-package-from parent.py

# From http://stackoverflow.com/a/11158224

# Solution A - If the script importing the module is in a package
from .. import mymodule

# Solution B - If the script importing the module is not in a package
import os,sys,inspect
current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
parent_dir = os.path.dirname(current_dir)
sys.path.insert(0, parent_dir) 
import mymodule

Relative import does not seem to work since Python3.something:
ValueError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package
edit: both current and parent directories are packages (i.e. they include a __init__.py file). What is going on?

Thanks man :)

I can confirm this formulation fails in Python 3.6: ValueError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package.

Thanks! But it would also work to just do sys.path.insert(0, '..') and to omit the two lines before, right?

Did this work?

I made this.

this returns a value error: ValueError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package
it's honestly stupid that it is this hard to import from parent directories in python.

Thanks mate.

Thanks m8

Thanks

Thanks!

thanks!!!

i've recently had problems with this, here are my solution:

project
|__foo
   |__ bar.py
|__test
   |__ my_test.py

my_test.py:

import sys
sys.path[0] += '\\..'

from foo.bar import MyClass

Thank you