[QGIS-Developer] Multiple python scripts in python console?

[Raymond Nijssen]

Hi Klaus,

Thank you so much, it works!!

Replying to you and the dev list, hoping this solution will end up in 
the same thread.

Kind regards,

Raymond


On 05-05-2023 12:52, Klaus Affeldt wrote:
> Hi Raymond,
> 
> can't write to the list yet, so i answer you directly:
> 
> The python console has a different working directory then the called script.
> You have to find out the path of the script and append it to the python search path.
> 
> 
> # script_1.py
> 
> import os
> from console.console import _console
> 
> # name and path of this script
> script_path = _console.console.tabEditorWidget.currentWidget().path
> 
> # only the path
> path=(os.path.dirname(script_path))+"/"
> print (path)
> 
> # append python search path
> import sys
> sys.path.append(path)
> 
> from script_2 import TestClass
> 
> obj1 = TestClass('Ray')
> print(obj1)
> 
> 
> # to dynamicly reload changes on script_2.py
> import imp
> 
> import script_2
> 
> imp.reload(script_2)
> obj1 = script_2.TestClass('Ray')
> print(obj1)
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Hi developers,
> 
> While writing a python script in the QGIS python console editor I needed
> to write a new class and for convenience I put that in its own python file.
> 
> Both files are in the same directory, but I cannot import my class in
> the other script.
> 
> Here's an example:
> 
> 
> # script_1.py
> 
> from .script_2 import TestClass
> obj1 = TestClass('Ray')
> print(obj1)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> # script_2.py:
> 
> class TestClass():
> 
>       def __init__(self, name):
>           self.name = name
> 
>       def __str__(self):
>           return f'TestClass[{self.name}]'
> 
> 
> 
> It all works properly if I put my class definition in script_1 but as
> the code is growing (and a customer of mine needs to understand this
> too) it would really be nice to split the code over multiple files.
> Is there a way? Or another approach?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Raymond