Importing py files in Google Colab

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Is there any way to upload my code in  py files and import them in colab code cells    The other way I found is to create a local Jupyter notebook then upload it to Colab  is it the only way

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You can upload those  py files to Google drive and allow Colab to use to them    mkdir -p drive  google-drive-ocamlfuse drive   All your files and folders in root folder will be in drive

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A easy way is   type in from google colab import files uploaded   files upload   copy the code paste in colab cell

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It s Jun 2019  Make sure in the Python package s   init   py all related files are imported in order  Push the code to Git or use this code   for e g   from  Boxes import   from  Circles import   from  Rectangles import          Don t use Package name in   init   py file for importing the files   in Google colab     rm -rf SorghumHeadDetection   git clone https   github com user amazing-repo-name

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Based on the answer by Korakot Chaovavanich  I created the function below to download all files needed within a Colab instance    from google colab import files def getLocalFiles         files   files upload       if len  files   gt 0         for k v in  files items             open k  wb   write v  getLocalFiles     You can then use the usual  import  statement to import your local files in Colab  I hope this helps

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We can do so  import sys import os  py file location    quot  content drive My Drive quot  sys path append os path abspath py file location    Now you can import it as module in notebook for that location  import whatever

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In case anyone else is interested to know how to import files packages from gdrive inside a google colab  The following procedure worked for me   1  Mount your google drive in google colab   from google colab import drive drive mount   content gdrive      2  Append the directory to your python path using sys   import sys sys path append   content gdrive mypythondirectory     Now you should be able to import stuff from that directory

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I face the same problem  After reading numerous posts  I would like to introduce the following solution I finally chose over many other methods  e g  use urllib  httpimport  clone from GitHub  package the modules for installation  etc   The solution utilizes Google Drive API  official doc  for proper authorization   Advantages    Easy and safe  no need for code to handle file operation exceptions and or additional authorization  Module files safeguarded by Google account credentials  no one else can view take edit them  You control what to upload access  you can change revoke access anytime on a file-by-file basis  Everything in one place  no need to rely upon or manage another file hosting service  Freedom to rename relocate module files  not path-based and won t break your other s notebook code    Steps    Save your  py module file to Google Drive - you should have that since you re already using Colab Right click on it   Get shareable link   copy the part after  id   - the file id assigned by Google Drive Add and run the following code snippets to your Colab notebook     pip install pydrive                               Package to use Google Drive API - not installed in Colab VM by default from pydrive auth import GoogleAuth from pydrive drive import GoogleDrive   from google colab import auth                      Other necessary packages from oauth2client client import GoogleCredentials   auth authenticate user                             Follow prompt in the authorization process gauth   GoogleAuth   gauth credentials   GoogleCredentials get application default     drive   GoogleDrive gauth  your module   drive CreateFile   id    your module file id         your module file id  is the part after  id   in the shareable link your module GetContentFile  your module file name py              Save the  py module file to Colab VM import your module file name                                      Ready to import  Don t include  py  part  of course      Side note  Last but not least  I should credit the original contributor of this approach  That post might have some typo in the code as it triggered an error when I tried it  After more reading and troubleshooting my code snippets above worked  as of today on Colab VM OS  Linux 4 14 79

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You can upload local files to google colab by using upload   function in google colab files If you have files on github  then clone the repo using   git clone https   github com username repo name git  Then just like in jupyter notebook load it using the magic function  load  load filename py

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Below are the steps that worked for me  Mount your google drive in google colab from google colab import drive drive mount   content drive    Insert the directory import sys sys path insert 0     content drive My Drive ColabNotebooks      check the current directory path  cd drive MyDrive ColabNotebooks  pwd  Import your module or file import my module  If you get the following error  Name Null is not defined  then do the following 5 1 Download my module ipynb from colab as my module py file  file- gt Download  py  5 2 Upload the   py file to drive MyDrive ColabNotebooks in Google drive 5 3 import my module will work now   Reference  https   medium com analytics-vidhya importing-your-own-python-module-or-python-file-into-colab-3e365f0a35ec https   github com googlecolab colabtools issues 1358

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You can save it first  then import it  from google colab import files src   list files upload   values    0  open  mylib py   wb   write src  import mylib  Update  nov 2018   Now you can upload easily by  click at   gt   to open the left pane choose file tab click  upload  and choose your  mylib py  import mylib  Update  oct 2019   If you don t want to upload every time  you can store it in S3 and mount it to Colab  as shown in this gist Update  apr 2020   Now that you can mount your Google Drive automatically  It is easier to just copy it from Drive than upload it   Store mylib py in your Drive Open a new Colab Open the  left side pane  select Files view Click Mount Drive then Connect to Google Drive Copy it by  cp drive MyDrive mylib py   import mylib

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Try this way   I have a package named plant seedlings  The package is stored in google drive  What I should do is to copy this package in  usr local lib python3 6 dist-packages     cp  content drive ai plant seedlings tar gz  usr local lib python3 6 dist-packages    cd  usr local lib python3 6 dist-packages   amp  amp  tar -xzf plant seedlings tar gz   cd  content   python -m plant seedlings

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