Find root path to Repo for .py file import

MetaRossiVinli — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:05:08 GMT

I want to import a Python function stored in the following file path:

`<repo>/lib/lib_helpers.py`

I want to import the function from any file in my repo. For instance from these:

`<repo>/notebooks/etl/bronze/dlt_bronze_elt`

`<repo>/workers/job_worker`

It is possible to get the root path of the repo? This way people on my team can clone the repo but the paths will still work. I think I want the import code to look something like this:

repo_root = <<call to get the root of the Databricks Repo>>
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(f'{repo_root}/lib/'))
from lib_helpers import helper_func

I am still new to Databricks. Does dbutils or another util help with this?

Re: Find root path to Repo for .py file import

MetaRossiVinli — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:14:44 GMT

Ok, I figured it out. If you just make it a Python module by adding an empty

`__init__.py`, Databricks will load it on start. Then, you can just import it.

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