"ImportError: No module named..." when importing my own module

Question

I am trying to import a module and I keep getting an ImportError.

In the PortfolioStatus.py file I have the following code which imports the share_data class from the share_data.py module
from Shares.share_data import share_data

I am getting the following error:

File "/home/lucasamos/FYP/Shares/Communication/PortfolioStatus.py", line 3, in <module>
from Shares.share_data import share_data
ImportError: No module named Shares.share_data

To make things more confusing this works fine on my local machine but I am hosting on PythonAnywhere and this is where I am getting the error

My file hierarchy is show in the image below

Thanks in advance!

Solution 1

OK so I finally worked it out. As indicated by a few of the answers I needed to add my root folder to the system path.

In the end this is what I did:

import sys
sys.path.append("/home/lucasamos/FYP")

Solution 2

you should try this:

import sys
sys.path.append("../Shares/templates")
import share_data

It adds your templates folder to the list of path python is checking for modules.

Solution 3

Add empty __init__.py on one level with manage.py file.

Such inclusion of __init__.py file indicates to the Python interpreter that the directory should be treated as a Python package.