Python plugin structure - execute code from another file

Question

Let's say I have a folder containing the main-file main.py and a configuration-file config.json.

In the JSON-file there are multiple entries containing different filenames and the name of a method within each file.

Depending on user input from main.py I get the corresponding filename and the method from config.json and now I want to execute that method.

I tried the following

file = reports [id]["filename"]
method = reports [id]["method"]
# which would give me: file = 'test.py' and method = 'execute'
import file
file.method()

This didn't work obviously. The problem is that I can't know which files there are during compilation.

Other developers would add scripts to a specific folder and add their entries to the configuration file (kind of like a plugin). Does anybody have a solution here?

Thanks in advance

Possible duplicate of [Dynamic module import in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/301134/dynamic-module-import-in-python) — Aran-Fey, Mar 22 '18 at 09:33
And https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3253966/python-string-to-attribute — Aran-Fey, Mar 22 '18 at 09:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 22 '18 at 11:12

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Thanks for your input... importlib was the way to go. I used this answer here:

How to import a module given the full path?

answered Mar 22 '18 at 11:12

JonBlumfeld

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