Answers for "how to import module from parent directory python"

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

python import file from parent directory

import os,sys,inspect
currentdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
parentdir = os.path.dirname(currentdir)
sys.path.insert(0,parentdir) 

import mymodule

OR 

import os, sys

sys.path.insert(1, os.getcwd()) 
import variables

how to determine python project parent dir

import os,sys,inspect
currentdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
parentdir = os.path.dirname(currentdir)
sys.path.insert(0,parentdir) 

import mymodule

OR 

import os, sys

sys.path.insert(1, os.getcwd()) 
import variables

python get parent directory

import os.path
os.path.dirname('C:Program Files')

import file from parent directory python

import os, sys
sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
# import ../db.py
import db