How to import custom modules in google colab?

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If your Python file is in Drive, it’s likely simpler to mount your Drive than to upload the file, e.g.,

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/gdrive')

Then, if you have a module, you can import it like so:

https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1uvHuizCBqFgvbCwEhK7FvU8JW0AfxgJw

Contents of the Notebook follow:

Go to this URL in a browser: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?client_id=947318989803-6bn6qk8qdgf4n4g3pfee6491hc0brc4i.apps.googleusercontent.com&redirect_uri=urn%3Aietf%3Awg%3Aoauth%3A2.0%3Aoob&scope=email%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fdocs.test%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fdrive%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fdrive.photos.readonly%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fpeopleapi.readonly&response_type=code

Enter your authorization code:

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Mounted at /content/gdrive

I happen to have an existing .py file in Drive.

!ls /content/gdrive/My\ Drive/*.py
>>> /content/gdrive/My Drive/mylib.py

!cat '/content/gdrive/My Drive/mylib.py'

def MyFunction():
    print ('My imported function')

# We'll need to update our path to import from Drive.

import sys
sys.path.append('/content/gdrive/My Drive')

# Now we can import the library and use the function.

import mylib
mylib.MyFunction()

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