flake8-local-import

flake8-local-import

Python 3 check local import for flake8

Installation

pip install flake8-local-import

Configuration

You will want to set the app-import-names option to a comma separated list of names that should be considered local to your application. Note that relative imports are always considered local.

Example

#  Error
def func():
    statement

    from app_package import A   # LI100 Local import must be at the beginning of the method body


#  Error
def func():
    statement

    from app_package import A   # LI100 Local import must be at the beginning of the method body


# Good
def func():
    from app_package import A

    statement

Error codes

code	description
LI100	Local import must be at the beginning of the method body
LI101	Packages from external modules should not be imported locally
LI102	Packages from standard modules should not be imported locally

Links

https://github.com/meanmail-dev/flake8-local-import

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