doImport

lsst.utils.doImport(importable)

Import a python object given an importable string and return it.

Parameters:

importable : str

String containing dot-separated path of a Python class, module, or member function.

Returns:

type : type

Type object. Either a module or class or a function.

Raises:

TypeError

importable is not a str.

ModuleNotFoundError

No module in the supplied import string could be found.

ImportError

importable is found but can not be imported or the requested item could not be retrieved from the imported module.