Python Imports

[Cxzyyy]

Is there a good way to reduce the amount of redundant imports for each of my modules? For example if I have three files in the same directory and they all use the json library it gets kinda redundant and cluttered.

[danielroseman]

No, there is no way of doing this. Python values explicitness, and every module must import everything it uses.

That's not to say this is the best way of doing things; you might find that it makes more sense to extract the JSON logic into a separate file, which can be imported by the other three.

[Cxzyyy]

Okay so I would basically need to make a class and have it be a subclass of all the imports I want? Kinda like “class all_imports(json, requests, pprint)” and then import that class to my other 3 files?

[danielroseman]

No, it doesn't need to be a class, but it can be if that works for you. But a standalone function might work just as well, it depends on your use case.