importutils

Import related utilities and helper functions.

oslo_utils.importutils.import_any(module, *modules)

Try to import a module from a list of modules.

Parameters

modules – A list of modules to try and import

Returns

The first module found that can be imported

Raises

ImportError – If no modules can be imported from list

New in version 3.8.

oslo_utils.importutils.import_class(import_str)

Returns a class from a string including module and class.

New in version 0.3.

oslo_utils.importutils.import_module(import_str)

Import a module.

New in version 0.3.

oslo_utils.importutils.import_object(import_str, *args, **kwargs)

Import a class and return an instance of it.

New in version 0.3.

oslo_utils.importutils.import_object_ns(name_space, import_str, *args, **kwargs)

Tries to import object from default namespace.

Imports a class and return an instance of it, first by trying to find the class in a default namespace, then failing back to a full path if not found in the default namespace.

New in version 0.3.

Changed in version 2.6: Don’t capture ImportError when instanciating the object, only when importing the object class.

oslo_utils.importutils.import_versioned_module(module, version, submodule=None)

Import a versioned module in format {module}.v{version][.{submodule}].

Parameters

• module – the module name.

• version – the version number.

• submodule – the submodule name.

Raises

ValueError – For any invalid input.

New in version 0.3.

Changed in version 3.17: Added module parameter.

oslo_utils.importutils.try_import(import_str, default=None)

Try to import a module and if it fails return default.