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In Brief Just doing an __import__ only gets you the top level module (importing os.path would only get you os). Use this function to drill down.... more
Language Python
# 's 
1def import_module(name):
2    module = __import__(name)
3    if '.' in name:
4        for segment in name.split('.')[1:]:
5            module = getattr(module, segment)
6    return module

Just doing an __import__ only gets you the top level module (importing os.path would only get you os). Use this function to drill down.

Usage:

# 's 
1>>> import_module('os.path')
2<module 'posixpath' from '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/posixpath.pyc'>