load_object by path

load_object.py

# frontera/utils/misc.py

from importlib import import_module

def load_object(path):
  """Load an object given its absolute object path, and return it.
  
  object can be a class, function, variable o instance.
  path ie: 'myproject.frontier.models.Page'
  """
  
  try:
    dot = path.rindex('.')
  except ValueError:
    raise ValueError("Error loading object '%s': not a full path" % path)
    
  module, name = path[:dot], path[dot+1:]
  try:
    mod = import_module(module)
  except ImportError as e:
    raise ImportError("Error loading object '%s': %s" % (path, e))
    
  try:
    obj = getattr(mod, name)
  except AttributeError:
    raise NameError("Module '%s' doesn't define any object named '%s'" % (module, name))
    
  return obj