and anyway, if the module you are wanting to use is installed normally for
your python environment, you can already do what you want, e.g.:
import some_twitter_lib
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:21 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> No because the path would depend on the order apps are first executed.
>
> On Apr 23, 12:36 am, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote:
> > Just some thought. Is it a good idea that if web2py can automatically
> > do this BEFORE accessing an app?
> >
> > old_syspath=sys.path
> > sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('applications/%s/
> > modules'%request.application))
> > try:
> > serve_currect_request()
> > finally: sys.path=old_syspath # So that different app won't mess up
> > their own modules
> >
> > In this way, hopefully app can call third party modules in the usual,
> > simple, straightforward way, like this:
> >
> > import mylib # rather than: import applications.myapp.modules.mylib
> >
> > On Apr23, 11:19am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > probably
> >
> > > import applications.myapp.modules.modulefolder.twitter as twitter
> >
> > > or better
> >
> > > exec('import applications.%s.modules.modulefolder.twitter as
> > > twitter' % request.application)
> >
> > > Massimo
> >
> > > On 22 Apr, 22:03, Michael <michael.no...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > This makes sense, but do i put the whole folder inside of modules?
> >
> > > > would i access the library by saying
> >
> > > > import applications.myapp.modules.modulefolder
> >
> > > > or
> >
> > > > import applications.myapp.modules.modulefolder.twitter.py
> >
> > > > thanks! sorry for being such a newb ;P
> >
> > > > On Apr 22, 10:02 pm, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > I don't know mac, but when using Windows binary (the
> web2py_win.zip),
> > > > > I can always put 3rd party libraries into
> web2py/applications/myapp/
> > > > > modules, then access it, in a slightly different way:
> >
> > > > > import applications.myapp.modules.third_parti_lib
> >
>
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