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Import custom arcpy modules in Pro 1.4 (from Python addin structure)

RebeccaStrauch__GISP

I'm trying to test some of my custom tools, written for a ArcCatalog python addin. This is my first attempt to use Pro, without the convenience and the power we have with ArcCatalog (but hoping the idea: Add Stand Alone Data Catalog Like ArcCatalog to ArcGIS Pro will still happen so that this isn't as critical a test ....please vote up the idea! ).

I have several blahUtils.py type scripts to separate/organize my common functions. These are located in my Scripts folder in my addin file structure and I import into my tools/scripts using

from blahUtils import *
from moreBlahUtils import *
# etc...

rather than in a library in the python folder....that is, keep the addin all together.

This structure works well in ArcCatalog running is as an built/installed addin or from the Toolbox/Tool used to create the addin.

Putting aside the differences between Python 2.x and 3.x for the time being, how would I import the utility python scripts within my main tool script? I have read thru

Importing ArcPy—ArcPy Get Started | ArcGIS Desktop and

Python migration from 10.x to ArcGIS Pro—ArcPy Get Started | ArcGIS Desktop (no, I have not run the 2to3 tool yet)

but those seem to refer to fairly standard modules. I would like to keep my scripts in the folder structure for my toolbox (i.e. the addin structure) if possible.

The error I am getting

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\\<server>\c$\Users\<user>\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB\Install\scripts\01-CopyDWCMasterSDEtoFGDB.py", line 47, in <module>
    from ADFGUtils import *
File "\\<server>\c$\Users\<user>\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB\Install\scripts\ADFGUtils.py", line 134
    self.__dict__ = self"""
                         ^
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 188-189: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
Failed to execute (01-CopyDWCMasterSDEtoFGDB).

Is basically telling me it can not find the first custom script from ADFGutils import * I am trying to import.

Any suggestions on where I need to put these and how I would refer to them? Again, I prefer to keep in the same folder with/near my toolbox.

Thanks.

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RebeccaStrauch__GISP

For the purposes of closing this thread, below is one way to add a single custom mod which is stored in same folder as the script that is running. This is how my python addins are setup, so that is what I am testing. Posting here in case others are trying to do the same. I will start another post with this as a starting point, but hopefully to make it a bit more dynamic. (I will come back and add a link to that once posted.)

This is a cut and paste from a large working tool...if something doesn't make sense, let me know...

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> os
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> sys
<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy
<SPAN class="comment token"># --->&nbsp; This is for python 3.5 in Pro 1.4.1</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token"># shows messages for python window or tool</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">def</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">myMsgs</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>message<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>message<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>message<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
scriptPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> scriptName <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>dirname<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>sys<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>argv<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>basename<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>sys<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>argv<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
scriptPathforVer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>replace<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\\"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"/"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>env<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>scriptWorkspace <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> scriptPathforVer
myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Path {0} exists? {1}\n"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPathforVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Exists<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPathforVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token"># not sure whether this is still needed....</SPAN>
sys<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>append<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPathforVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

mymod <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'myCustomMod'</SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># for a mod myCustomMod.py in same folder as this script</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> importlib<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>util
modPath <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPathforVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mymod <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">".py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
modPath <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>modPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>replace<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\\"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"/"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"modpath {0} exists? {1}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>modPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Exists<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>modPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<SPAN class="keyword token">try</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;spec <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> importlib<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>util<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>spec_from_file_location<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mymod<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> modPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN class="comment token"># hardcodes the myCustomMod mod name.&nbsp; Refer to mod is myCustomMod.afunc()</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myCustomMod <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> importlib<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>util<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>module_from_spec<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>spec<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;spec<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>loader<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>exec_module<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>vars<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'myCustomMod'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Successfully loaded {0}\n"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mymod<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">except</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"-> Unable to load {0}\n"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>mymod<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;


<SPAN class="comment token"># test it with something in the mod, e.g.</SPAN>
<SPAN class="comment token">#&nbsp; myCustomMod.afunc()</SPAN>
<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

hope this is helpful to someone.

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RebeccaStrauch__GISP

Update: I put in a call to tech support to see if they can help. Good suggestion from Dan and python - How to import a module given the full path? - Stack Overflow post I listed above, however, I'm not getting it to work.

As a summary for some of what I have tested from that (and looking thru the help, docs, and other SE and other threads)

I was working with the first suggestion and one further down in the list re: adding to the system path. Neight worked, even if I did have my paths with the correct "/", etc.

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> importlib<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>util
spec <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> importlib<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>util<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>spec_from_file_location<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"module.name"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"/path/to/file.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
foo <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> importlib<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>util<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>module_from_spec<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>spec<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
spec<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>loader<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>exec_module<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>foo<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
foo<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MyClass<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

I got what looked to be close with this, but was getting a variety of errors (not worth listing here right now).

The suggestion of adding the path to the sys.path was more straight forward, but my implementation still gives me errors, mainly about unicode.

import sys
# the mock-0.3.1 dir contains testcase.py, testutils.py & mock.py
sys.path.append('/foo/bar/mock-0.3.1')

from testcase import TestCase
from testutils import RunTests
from mock import Mock, sentinel, patch<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

Even though my path has the "/", the import command appends "\MyScript.py" with the "\" to the module path. See below

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> arcpy

<SPAN class="keyword token">def</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">myMsgs</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>message<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>AddMessage<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>message<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>message<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="comment token"># Set the necessary product code</SPAN>
arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>SetProduct<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"ArcInfo"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> sys
pyVer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>sys<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>version<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">3</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"the python version is: {0} "</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pyVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

<SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> float<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pyVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">==</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">3.5</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Using Pro, python version {0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pyVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;setVer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"3.5"</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">elif</SPAN> int<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pyVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">==</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">2</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Using Desktop, python version {0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pyVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;setVer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"3.5"</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">else</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Software unknown, but using python version {0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pyVer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;setVer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"other"</SPAN>

scriptPath <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"\\dfgancgisdev3\c$\Users\rastrauch\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB_Pro\Install\scripts"</SPAN>
scriptPath35 <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>replace<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\\"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"/"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPath35<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
myMsgs<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"Do both paths exist?\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; scriptPath {0}\n&nbsp; scriptPath35 {1}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Exists<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Exists<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPath35<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
the python version <SPAN class="keyword token">is</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">3.5</SPAN> 
Using Pro<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> python version <SPAN class="number token">3.5</SPAN>
<SPAN class="operator token">//</SPAN>dfgancgisdev3<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>c$<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>Users<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>rastrauch<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>_MyPyAddins<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>dwcUpdateMasterFGDB_Pro<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>Install<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>scripts
Do both paths exist?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; scriptPath <SPAN class="token boolean">True</SPAN>
&nbsp; scriptPath35 <SPAN class="token boolean">True</SPAN>
sys<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>append<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPath35<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
sys<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path
<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'c:\\program files\\arcgis\\pro\\Resources\\arcpy'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\DLLs'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\lib'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\lib\\site-packages'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\Resources\\ArcPy'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\Resources\\ArcToolbox\\Scripts'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\lib\\site-packages\\win32'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\\lib'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\lib\\site-packages\\Pythonwin'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\lib\\site-packages\\setuptools-27.2.0-py3.5.egg'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'c:\\program files\\arcgis\\pro\\Resources\\ArcToolbox\\Scripts'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'c:\\program files\\arcgis\\pro\\bin'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'//dfgancgisdev3/c$/Users/rastrauch/_MyPyAddins/dwcUpdateMasterFGDB_Pro/Install/scripts'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> ADFGUtils <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">*</SPAN>
Runtime error 
Traceback <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>most recent call last<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp; File <SPAN class="string token">"<string>"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>module<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN>
&nbsp; File <SPAN class="string token">"//dfgancgisdev3/c$/Users/rastrauch/_MyPyAddins/dwcUpdateMasterFGDB_Pro/Install/scripts\ADFGUtils.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">134</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; self<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>__dict__ <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> self<SPAN class="string token">"""
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ^
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 188-189: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
import ADFGUtils
Runtime error 
Traceback (most recent call last):
&nbsp; File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
&nbsp; File "//dfgancgisdev3/c$/Users/rastrauch/_MyPyAddins/dwcUpdateMasterFGDB_Pro/Install/scripts\ADFGUtils.py", line 134
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; self.__dict__ = self"""</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="operator token">^</SPAN>
SyntaxError<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>unicode error<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'unicodeescape'</SPAN> codec can't decode bytes <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> position <SPAN class="number token">188</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">-</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">189</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape

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What looks very promising in arcpy,

arcpy.env.scriptWorkspace

seems to take on the value of the arcpy.env.workspace but doesn't help with the loading of my mods. Not much additional info is in the Pro help re: the scriptWorkspace

Using environment settings in Python—Geoprocessing and Python | ArcGIS Desktop

Listing tools, toolboxes, and environment settings—Geoprocessing and Python | ArcGIS Desktop

I have a call in with tech support. Maybe this is something that isn't yet implemented.

DanPatterson_Retired

Rebecca... Sorry, I have little to zilch experience having to work from network drives... The only thing I can do is forward you to the python documentation on the os.path module since os.join is an obvious backup to collecting paths. There have been changes between python 3.5 and python 3.6. you may want to flip back and forth between the versions. I suspect that is one reason that esri didn't port python 3.6 with pro 1.4.1. It will be interesting if any of the skulking insiders can shed some light on the current and future state.

But in short...

raw formatting when appropriate works IFFF you can hard code your paths
forward slashes are indestructible and work under all situations
if you have to use backslashes and omit a 'r' then you are going to get bitten by \a, \n, \t, \u, \U and a few others I have forgotten.... oh yeah... spaces
saying in our teaching lab... Users is for losers... in other words, if things are going to go wrong pathwise, something is pointing to a users folder
imports are guaranteed when the module/script you are importing is in the same script that is running
you need to set up an environment variable to point to a specific folder
for the pro anaconda distribution of python, there is still a site packages folder there... that folder is always looked at. for example... I installed PRO in an ArcPro folder.... here is what I got...

'C:\\ArcPro\\Resources\\ArcToolBox\\Scripts',
'C:\\ArcPro\\Resources\\ArcPy',
'C:\\Git_Dan', ############# added by me, 'stuff' from here always imports
'C:\\ArcPro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\python35.zip',
'C:\\ArcPro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\DLLs',
'C:\\ArcPro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\lib',
'C:\\ArcPro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3',
'C:\\ArcPro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\lib\\site-packages', ############ as does 'stuff' I installed here
'C:\\ArcPro\\bin',

Now how you tie your relative path thing into an absolute path structure is for those that have to work within a network structure, so you and others would know better. I install my own packages (and standalone scripts) in my GIT_Dan folder, I install other 'stuff' in the ... site-packages folder (ie pythonwin etc)

Maybe rscheitlin‌ might know or some of the other folks on the mvp/mod list.

Just be aware of the changes between 2.7 and 3.x and the changes between 3.5 and 3.6/7

RebeccaStrauch__GISP

I may have found something..checking it out now

python - How to import a module given the full path? - Stack Overflow

RebeccaStrauch__GISP

Hi Dan, just testing in the Pro python window.

Have you tried importing a module with a full path? Is that possible?

fyi - I am using a UNC path, not a local folder, since this is not an addin and is being stored/editing on a server drive. So I can set my path, and verify the .py file is there, but when I try to import, it gives me a

ImportError: not module name '<myVariablename>'

How can I get the import command to read the full path? Is there a way to set another "mod location" BTW, I tried it as a local (non UNC path) and had the same error, and I used the arcpy.Exists() to verify that the python window could find the .py file.

scriptPath <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"\\dfgancgisdev3\c$\Users\rastrauch\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB_Pro\Install\scripts"</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"the scriptPath is: {0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
the scriptPath <SPAN class="keyword token">is</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> \\dfgancgisdev3\c$\Users\rastrauch\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB_Pro\Install\scripts
moduleName <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"ADFGUtils"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>replace<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\\"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"/"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"the mod name is: {0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>moduleName<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
the mod name <SPAN class="keyword token">is</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">//</SPAN>dfgancgisdev3<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>c$<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>Users<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>rastrauch<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>_MyPyAddins<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>dwcUpdateMasterFGDB_Pro<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>Install<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>scripts<SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN>ADFGUtils
<SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> moduleName <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">*</SPAN>
Runtime error 
Traceback <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>most recent call last<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
&nbsp; File <SPAN class="string token">"<string>"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>module<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN>
ImportError<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> No module named <SPAN class="string token">'moduleName'</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"{0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>moduleName<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">*</SPAN>
Parsing error 
SyntaxError<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> invalid syntax <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>string<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
moduleName2 <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>os<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>join<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>scriptPath<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"ADFGUtils.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>replace<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\\"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"/"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">from</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"{0}"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>format<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>moduleName2<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">import</SPAN> <SPAN class="operator token">*</SPAN>
Parsing error 
SyntaxError<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> invalid syntax <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>string<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

(wow, Python syntax highlighter doesn't work well with Pro window output)

Any more suggestions?

DanPatterson_Retired

So it doesn't get lost... edit any config and/or import files accordingly... numpy etc etc uses this often ...

Think ... forward... not backwards... (kind of like pythonic thinking )

a <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"c:/Users/Rebecca/_MyPyAddins/dwcUpdateMasterFGDB/Install/scripts/ADFGUtils.py"</SPAN>

a
Out<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">58</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'c:/Users/Rebecca/_MyPyAddins/dwcUpdateMasterFGDB/Install/scripts/ADFGUtils.py'</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

RebeccaStrauch__GISP

Thanks Dan, I have already been scanning thru your py blogs, so don't think I'm ignoring your hard work. I'll be testing more in the morning.

that's a shame that I hAve to put in the full path to import modes, but I've been building the paths for some oother needs (creating a temp .sde connection file and deleting after) so if putting in the path works, I can dal wil that I think. I was hoping of course for some way to reference it with relative paths. Do you know of anyway to do that with pro and Python 3.x?

DanPatterson_Retired

welcome to python 3... you are going to have to deal with the horrid "Users" folder so get used to it.

a <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"c:\Users\Rebecca\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB\Install\scripts\ADFGUtils.py"</SPAN>
&nbsp; File <SPAN class="string token">"<ipython-input-50-c8a160e5d6d8>"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"c:\Users\Rebecca\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB\Install\scripts\ADFGUtils.py"</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="operator token">^</SPAN>
SyntaxError<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>unicode error<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'unicodeescape'</SPAN> codec can't decode bytes <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> position <SPAN class="number token">2</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">-</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">3</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

I took the liberty to make a 'fake' Rebecca path

What to do....

a <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> r<SPAN class="string token">"c:\Users\Rebecca\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB\Install\scripts\ADFGUtils.py"</SPAN>
a
Out<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">54</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'c:\\Users\\Rebecca\\_MyPyAddins\\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB\\Install\\scripts\\ADFGUtils.py'</SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># cool!!!</SPAN>

a <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"c:\Users\Rebecca\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB\Install\scripts\ADFGUtils.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>replace<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\\"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"/"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp; File <SPAN class="string token">"<ipython-input-52-86bfe186617b>"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> line <SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"c:\Users\Rebecca\_MyPyAddins\dwcUpdateMasterFGDB\Install\scripts\ADFGUtils.py"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>replace<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"\\"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"/"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="operator token">^</SPAN>
SyntaxError<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>unicode error<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'unicodeescape'</SPAN> codec can't decode bytes <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> position <SPAN class="number token">2</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">-</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">3</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="comment token"># not so cool!!!</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

I don't know your work environment enough, but PRO uses python 3.5 currently and you will have to modify accordingly... got some blog link on the topic.

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