在运行时导入包模块（Python配方）

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/223972/

###################
##                #
## classloader.py #
##                #
###################

import sys, types

def _get_mod(modulePath):
    try:
        aMod = sys.modules[modulePath]
        if not isinstance(aMod, types.ModuleType):
            raise KeyError
    except KeyError:
        # The last [''] is very important!
        aMod = __import__(modulePath, globals(), locals(), [''])
        sys.modules[modulePath] = aMod
    return aMod

def _get_func(fullFuncName):
    """Retrieve a function object from a full dotted-package name."""

    # Parse out the path, module, and function
    lastDot = fullFuncName.rfind(u".")
    funcName = fullFuncName[lastDot + 1:]
    modPath = fullFuncName[:lastDot]

    aMod = _get_mod(modPath)
    aFunc = getattr(aMod, funcName)

    # Assert that the function is a *callable* attribute.
    assert callable(aFunc), u"%s is not callable." % fullFuncName

    # Return a reference to the function itself,
    # not the results of the function.
    return aFunc

def _get_class(fullClassName, parentClass=None):
    """Load a module and retrieve a class (NOT an instance).

    If the parentClass is supplied, className must be of parentClass
    or a subclass of parentClass (or None is returned).
    """
    aClass = _get_func(fullClassName)

    # Assert that the class is a subclass of parentClass.
    if parentClass is not None:
        if not issubclass(aClass, parentClass):
            raise TypeError(u"%s is not a subclass of %s" %
                            (fullClassName, parentClass))

    # Return a reference to the class itself, not an instantiated object.
    return aClass


######################
##       Usage      ##
######################

class StorageManager: pass
class StorageManagerMySQL(StorageManager): pass

def storage_object(aFullClassName, allOptions={}):
    aStoreClass = _get_class(aFullClassName, StorageManager)
    return aStoreClass(allOptions)

可以使用__import__和chdir执行此操作：

def import_file(full_path_to_module):
    try:
        import os
        module_dir, module_file = os.path.split(full_path_to_module)
        module_name, module_ext = os.path.splitext(module_file)
        save_cwd = os.getcwd()
        os.chdir(module_dir)
        module_obj = __import__(module_name)
        module_obj.__file__ = full_path_to_module
        globals()[module_name] = module_obj
        os.chdir(save_cwd)
    except Exception as e:
        raise ImportError(e)
    return module_obj


import_file('/home/somebody/somemodule.py')

我认为，最好的方法是从官方文件（29.1。imp-访问导入内部构件）：

import imp
import sys

def __import__(name, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=None):
    # Fast path: see if the module has already been imported.
    try:
        return sys.modules[name]
    except KeyError:
        pass

    # If any of the following calls raises an exception,
    # there's a problem we can't handle -- let the caller handle it.

    fp, pathname, description = imp.find_module(name)

    try:
        return imp.load_module(name, fp, pathname, description)
    finally:
        # Since we may exit via an exception, close fp explicitly.
        if fp:
            fp.close()

一个使用importlib而不是imp包的简单解决方案（针对Python 2.7进行了测试，尽管它也适用于Python 3）：

import importlib

dirname, basename = os.path.split(pyfilepath) # pyfilepath: '/my/path/mymodule.py'
sys.path.append(dirname) # only directories should be added to PYTHONPATH
module_name = os.path.splitext(basename)[0] # '/my/path/mymodule.py' --> 'mymodule'
module = importlib.import_module(module_name) # name space of defined module (otherwise we would literally look for "module_name")

现在您可以直接使用导入模块的名称空间，如下所示：

a = module.myvar
b = module.myfunc(a)

这种解决方案的优点是，为了在代码中使用它，我们甚至不需要知道要导入的模块的实际名称。这很有用，例如，如果模块的路径是可配置参数。

您可以使用

load_source(module_name, path_to_file)

方法。

对于Python 3.5+，使用（docs）：

import importlib.util
import sys
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("module.name", "/path/to/file.py")
foo = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
sys.modules["module.name"] = foo
spec.loader.exec_module(foo)
foo.MyClass()

对于Python 3.3和3.4，请使用：

from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader

foo = SourceFileLoader("module.name", "/path/to/file.py").load_module()
foo.MyClass()

（尽管Python 3.4中已弃用此选项。）

对于Python 2，请使用：

import imp

foo = imp.load_source('module.name', '/path/to/file.py')
foo.MyClass()

编译后的Python文件和DLL有等效的方便函数。

另请参见http://bugs.python.org/issue21436.