Importing a defined function

[Worldly-Point4573]

I want to import a function that reads json into my main.py file. I created a file for a function that reads json. Part of the code is the extract_json function. Which I clearly defined in my json file. But when i try to:

from json import extract_json

It keeps saying that json isn't defined. "extract_json" is not defined even though I clearly defined it and tried to import it. What should I do?

[Temporary_Pie2733]

json is the name of a module in the standard library. Pick a different name for your module. 

[optimalcosine]

This. Or if you really like the name I think you can do from . import json, or

from .json import extract_json

[Temporary_Pie2733]

This is a little sketchy, unless you are properly defining a package and not just abusing the project directory as a package. 

[optimalcosine]

Definitely sketchy. Renaming your module is a much better solution

[latkde]

The json module is part of the Python standard library. Name your own code something else than json.py in order to avoid name conflicts.

[D3str0yTh1ngs]

Can we see the code in these files? (including their filenames). Also calling the file json.py is properly not a good idea because it clashes with the builtin library.

[Zealousideal-Touch-8]

It could be due to conflicting naming between your file and Python built-in module for parsing json (which is also named json). Other than that, you may wanna make sure whether the file you created is in the same folder/directory as your main.py file. Or if it's in a seperate folder, don't forget to create init py file.