flask.ext.admin.tools

import_module(name, required=True)

Import module by name

Parameters:

• name – Module name
• required – If set to True and module was not found - will throw exception. If set to False and module was not found - will return None. Default is True.

import_attribute(name)

Import attribute using string reference.

Parameters:name – String reference.

Raises ImportError or AttributeError if module or attribute do not exist.

Example:

import_attribute('a.b.c.foo')

module_not_found(additional_depth=0)

Checks if ImportError was raised because module does not exist or something inside it raised ImportError

Parameters:additional_depth – supply int of depth of your call if you’re not doing import on the same level of code - f.e., if you call function, which is doing import, you should pass 1 for single additional level of depth

rec_getattr(obj, attr, default=None)

Recursive getattr.

Parameters:

• attr – Dot delimited attribute name
• default – Default value

Example:

rec_getattr(obj, 'a.b.c')