Importing

Tools for easy interaction with modules.

New in version 0.2.

brownie.importing.import_string(name)

Imports and returns an object given its name as a string.

As an addition to the normal way import paths are specified you can use a colon to delimit the object you want to import.

If the given name is invalid a ValueError is raised, if the module cannot be imported an ImportError.

Beware of the fact that in order to import a module it is executed and therefore any exception could be raised, especially when dealing with third party code e.g. if you implement a plugin system.