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Importing Modules</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body"> <div class="section" id="module-importlib"> <span id="importlib-convenience-wrappers-for-import"></span><h1>30.2. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-importlib" title="importlib: Convenience wrappers for __import__"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">importlib</span></tt></a> – Convenience wrappers for <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#__import__" title="__import__"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">__import__()</span></tt></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-importlib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p class="versionadded"> <span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.7.</span></p> <p>This module is a minor subset of what is available in the more full-featured package of the same name from Python 3.1 that provides a complete implementation of <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/simple_stmts.html#import"><tt class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal"><span class="pre">import</span></tt></a>. What is here has been provided to help ease in transitioning from 2.7 to 3.1.</p> <dl class="function"> <dt id="importlib.import_module"> <tt class="descclassname">importlib.</tt><tt class="descname">import_module</tt><big>(</big><em>name</em>, <em>package=None</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.import_module" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Import a module. The <em>name</em> argument specifies what module to import in absolute or relative terms (e.g. either <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pkg.mod</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">..mod</span></tt>). If the name is specified in relative terms, then the <em>package</em> argument must be specified to the package which is to act as the anchor for resolving the package name (e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">import_module('..mod',</span> <span class="pre">'pkg.subpkg')</span></tt> will import <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pkg.mod</span></tt>). 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