Module Import Error running py.test with modules on Path

Question

I'm unable to import my module for testing in the way that I'd like. I'm running all of this in a virtualenv on 2.7.2

I have a directory structure like

/api
    /api
        __init__.py
        my_module.py
    /tests
        my_module_test.py

I have my PYTHONPATH set to /Path/api/. I CD into /Path/api and run the following

 py.test tests/my_module_test.py   

It does not work in the following case:

1. When I have the following at the top of my_module_test.py from api.my_module import my_function

It does work in the following case:

1. When I have the following at the top of my_module_test.py from my_module import my_function

Why am I not able to import my module as in case 1?

Answer 1

I use PYTHONPATH as

PYTHONPATH=`pwd` py.test tests/my_module_test.py