没有任何方法可以在不导入其父包的情况下可靠地检查“虚线模块”是否可导入。说到这里，对于“如何检查Python模块是否存在”这个问题，有很多解决方案。

下面的解决方案解决了导入的模块即使存在也会引发ImportError的问题。我们希望将这种情况与模块不存在的情况区分开来。

Python 2:

import importlib
import pkgutil
import sys

def find_module(full_module_name):
    """
    Returns module object if module `full_module_name` can be imported.

    Returns None if module does not exist.

    Exception is raised if (existing) module raises exception during its import.
    """
    module = sys.modules.get(full_module_name)
    if module is None:
        module_path_tail = full_module_name.split('.')
        module_path_head = []
        loader = True
        while module_path_tail and loader:
            module_path_head.append(module_path_tail.pop(0))
            module_name = ".".join(module_path_head)
            loader = bool(pkgutil.find_loader(module_name))
            if not loader:
                # Double check if module realy does not exist
                # (case: full_module_name == 'paste.deploy')
                try:
                    importlib.import_module(module_name)
                except ImportError:
                    pass
                else:
                    loader = True
        if loader:
            module = importlib.import_module(full_module_name)
    return module

Python 3:

import importlib

def find_module(full_module_name):
    """
    Returns module object if module `full_module_name` can be imported.

    Returns None if module does not exist.

    Exception is raised if (existing) module raises exception during its import.
    """
    try:
        return importlib.import_module(full_module_name)
    except ImportError as exc:
        if not (full_module_name + '.').startswith(exc.name + '.'):
            raise

如果你知道文件的位置，想要检查相应的Python代码文件是否有该模块，你可以简单地通过Python中的astor包进行检查。这里有一个简单的例子:

"""
Check if a module function exists or not without importing a Python package file
"""
import ast
import astor

tree = astor.parse_file('handler.py')
method_to_check = 'handle'
for item in tree.body:
    if isinstance(item, ast.FunctionDef):
        if item.name == method_to_check:
            print('method exists')
            break

使用pkgutil中的一个函数，例如:

from pkgutil import iter_modules

def module_exists(module_name):
    return module_name in (name for loader, name, ispkg in iter_modules())

Go_as的回答是一行:

 python -c "help('modules');" | grep module

在django.utils.module_loading.module_has_submodule:

import sys
import os
import imp

def module_has_submodule(package, module_name):
    """
    check module in package
    django.utils.module_loading.module_has_submodule
    """
    name = ".".join([package.__name__, module_name])
    try:
        # None indicates a cached miss; see mark_miss() in Python/import.c.
        return sys.modules[name] is not None
    except KeyError:
        pass
    try:
        package_path = package.__path__   # No __path__, then not a package.
    except AttributeError:
        # Since the remainder of this function assumes that we're dealing with
        # a package (module with a __path__), so if it's not, then bail here.
        return False
    for finder in sys.meta_path:
        if finder.find_module(name, package_path):
            return True
    for entry in package_path:
        try:
            # Try the cached finder.
            finder = sys.path_importer_cache[entry]
            if finder is None:
                # Implicit import machinery should be used.
                try:
                    file_, _, _ = imp.find_module(module_name, [entry])
                    if file_:
                        file_.close()
                    return True
                except ImportError:
                    continue
            # Else see if the finder knows of a loader.
            elif finder.find_module(name):
                return True
            else:
                continue
        except KeyError:
            # No cached finder, so try and make one.
            for hook in sys.path_hooks:
                try:
                    finder = hook(entry)
                    # XXX Could cache in sys.path_importer_cache
                    if finder.find_module(name):
                        return True
                    else:
                        # Once a finder is found, stop the search.
                        break
                except ImportError:
                    # Continue the search for a finder.
                    continue
            else:
                # No finder found.
                # Try the implicit import machinery if searching a directory.
                if os.path.isdir(entry):
                    try:
                        file_, _, _ = imp.find_module(module_name, [entry])
                        if file_:
                            file_.close()
                        return True
                    except ImportError:
                        pass
                # XXX Could insert None or NullImporter
    else:
        # Exhausted the search, so the module cannot be found.
        return False

Python 2，不依赖于ImportError

在当前答案更新之前，以下是Python 2的方法

import pkgutil
import importlib

if pkgutil.find_loader(mod) is not None:
    return importlib.import_module(mod)
return None

为什么又是另一个答案?

很多答案都利用了捕捉ImportError。问题是，我们不知道是什么引发了ImportError。

如果你导入了你现有的模块，而你的模块中恰好有一个ImportError(例如，第1行有错字)，结果将是你的模块不存在。

这将花费您大量的回溯来确定您的模块是否存在，ImportError被捕获并使事情无声地失败。