topic Re: How to Create Shared Python Library in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222216#M17151 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks Blake! How/where do you store the modules so everyone has access to them?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:58:51 GMT MarianneCardwell 2020-02-26T15:58:51Z How to Create Shared Python Library https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222214#M17149 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've been a C#/ArcObjects developer most of my career and am finally starting to switch to Python and ArcPy, so I'm still fairly new to that world. I'm creating a bunch of tools that are used by multiple people. Is there a way for me to create a library of common functions that my geoprocessing tools can call? If so, how can I make sure that my users will have the necessary files on their computers? We store our toolboxes and scripts on the network, in case that makes a difference.</P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Feb 2020 19:53:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222214#M17149 MarianneCardwell 2020-02-25T19:53:30Z Re: How to Create Shared Python Library https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222215#M17150 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can indeed create your own modules and import them just like you do with the built-in modules.</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/modules" title="https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/modules">Python Modules: Learn to Create and Import Custom and Built-in Modules</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>The location of the file needs to be in the <A href="https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#the-module-search-path">module search path</A> if the computer's Python environment.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:55:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222215#M17150 BlakeTerhune 2020-02-26T15:55:24Z Re: How to Create Shared Python Library https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222216#M17151 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks Blake! How/where do you store the modules so everyone has access to them?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:58:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222216#M17151 MarianneCardwell 2020-02-26T15:58:51Z Re: How to Create Shared Python Library https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222217#M17152 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Here's an article that goes a little more in-depth on how to save the files so they can be imported.</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://stackabuse.com/python-modules-creating-importing-and-sharing/#usingamodule" title="https://stackabuse.com/python-modules-creating-importing-and-sharing/#usingamodule">https://stackabuse.com/python-modules-creating-importing-and-sharing/#usingamodule</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:54:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222217#M17152 BlakeTerhune 2020-02-26T16:54:15Z Re: How to Create Shared Python Library https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222218#M17153 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you so much, Blake, this is perfect!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:58:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-create-shared-python-library/m-p/222218#M17153 MarianneCardwell 2020-02-26T16:58:57Z