No Module Named when Referencing local packages (folders)

[EmanuelU]

Just running the main.py locally works.
Referencing a sub folder as a module

tree:

- test
- - __init__.py
- - base.py
- main.py

in main.py:

from test import base
def some_function():
base.testFunc()

if __name__ == "__main__":
some_function()

When deploying the function, or when running emulators locally with firebase emulators:start

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'test'

When running python main.py everything works as expected

[EmanuelU]

Learned something else, it seems it works when referencing the folders within functions.
I can do imports such as "from x import y" directly in the function itself, but not at the top of main.py

[gijswobben]

Adding this to the top of main.py works as a workaround, but it's not ideal:

import sys
from pathlib import Path

sys.path.insert(0, Path(__file__).parent.as_posix())

from test import base
...

[gear11]

Ran into the same issue. Thanks for posting the workaround!

[jelling]

I'm still seeing the issue even when using the main branch. I'm not a Python expert but looking #12,
it adds this:

sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd())

But @gijswobben's fix, which does work for me, adds this:

sys.path.insert(0, Path(__file__).parent.as_posix())