Can you define aliases for imported modules in Python?

Question

In Python, is it possible to define an alias for an imported module?

For instance:

import a_ridiculously_long_module_name

…so that is has an alias of ‘short_name’.

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Answer 1

import a_ridiculously_long_module_name as short_name

also works for

import module.submodule.subsubmodule as short_name

Answered By: vartec

Answer 2

import module as name

or

from relative_module import identifier as name

Answer 3

If you’ve done:

import long_module_name

you can also give it an alias by:

lmn = long_module_name

There’s no reason to do it this way in code, but I sometimes find it useful in the interactive interpreter.

Answered By: John Fouhy

Answer 4

Yes, modules can be imported under an alias name.
using as keyword.
See

import math as ilovemaths # here math module is imported under an alias name
print(ilovemaths.sqrt(4))  # Using the sqrt() function

Answer 5

from MODULE import TAGNAME as ALIAS

Answered By: 邢烽朔

Answer 6

Yes, you can define aliases for imported modules in Python.

Using pandas is considered a best practice in python because Pandas can import most file formats and link to databases.

Example:
Import pandas library

import pandas as pd

Explaining:

pd: is the conventional alias for pandas.

NP: is the conventional alias for Numpy.

Using short alias helps keep code (concise) and (clean).

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