Answers for "python cant import fromfolder one directory down"

import python module from another directory

import sys
# sys.path is a list of absolute path strings
sys.path.append('/path/to/application/app/folder')

import file

import local module python

# If the module is in the same directory:
import <module_name>

# If the module isn't in the same directory:
import sys
# insert at 1, 0 is the script path (or '' in REPL)
sys.path.insert(1, '/path/to/application/app/folder')

import <module_name>