import sys # sys.path is a list of absolute path strings sys.path.append('/path/to/application/app/folder') import file
# some_file.py import sys # insert at 1, 0 is the script path (or '' in REPL) sys.path.insert(1, '/path/to/application/app/folder') import file
#place the file to be imported, named <imported file>, to the same folder as the python document #defined function within the <imported file> is <function> from <imported file> import <function> #Note that <function> has no parenthesis at the end