Where is module being imported from?

Question

Assuming I have two Python modules and path_b is in the import path:

# file: path_b/my_module.py print "I was imported from ???"  #file: path_a/app.py import my_module 

Is it possible to see where the module is imported from? I want an output like "I was imported from path_a/app.py", if I start app.py (because I need the file name).

Edit: For better understanding; I could write:

# file: path_b/my_module.py def foo(file):     print "I was imported from %s" % file  #file: path_a/app.py import my_module my_module.foo(__file__) 

So the output would be:

$> python path_app.py I was imported from path_a/app.py 

Answer 1

Try this:

>>> import my_module >>> my_module.__file__ '/Users/myUser/.virtualenvs/foobar/lib/python2.7/site-packages/my_module/__init__.pyc' 

Edit

In that case write into the __init__.py file of your module:

print("%s: I was imported from %s" %(__name__, __file__)) 

Answer 2

There may be an easier way to do this, but this works:

import inspect  print inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.getouterframes(inspect.currentframe())[1][0])[0] 

Note that the path will be printed relative to the current working directory if it's a parent directory of the script location.