Import modules with Python

Question

How can I do import of libraries, for example, I was researching and found the Babel to internationalize dates, but I don’t know how to import this library?

Answer 1

Do it through the reserved word import or from modulo import Classe. for example:

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> datetime.now()
datetime.datetime(2015, 8, 6, 21, 57, 23, 947736)
>>> import os
>>> os.name
'posix'

See on official documentation python

In the case of Babel, the library page has an example

>>> from babel.dates import format_datetime
>>> print format_datetime(locale='ru_RU')
26 июля 2013 г., 15:48:18

http://babel.pocoo.org/

Answer 2

I don’t think you’re talking about the installation. There’s documentation.

The default import code is this:

from babel import *

This will import the entire Babel library. But you can choose only what matters:

from babel import Locale

Or you can import multiple members. And you can do it through a sub-module:

from babel.dates import format_date, format_datetime, format_time

In this case dates is a sub-module within the module babel.

All this I picked up on documentation. I think it’s the best way to learn how to use the library.

If you want to study the Python module system documentation is here. And on import.