VSCode: how to config 'Organize imports' for Python (isort)

Question

Mirror question to:

• "How to config VSCode's Organize Imports order?" which refers to a .js project.

I want to configure how VSCode is invoking isort, so I can customize when calling Organize imports in a .py file.

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In particular, VSCode has started removing a blank line between two isort-sections, don't know why.

from django...
from myproject... # removing blanck line between 2 sections

Answer 1

You can make isort compatible with black and enjoy a formatted code upon saving your document. Here are two ways to achieve this:

1. You can configure Black and Isort’s settings on pyproject.toml. Inside your root’s project folder, create/update your pyproject.toml file:

[tool.isort]
multi_line_output = 3
include_trailing_comma = true
force_grid_wrap = 0
line_length = 88
profile = "black"

2. Edit settings.json and configure Black and Isort.

{
   "[python]": {
    "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
      "source.organizeImports": true
       }
     },

   "python.formatting.provider": "black",
   "isort.args": ["--profile", "black"],
}

source.organizeImports: true runs Isort automatically upon saving your document.

As of version 1.85, you want to set "source.organizeImports": "explicit" to get the same functionality as the old "true", per the docs.