Python object addressing

Question

I am trying to use ncclient for Python.

If I do this, it works:

from ncclient import manager
m = manager.connect()

If I do this, this will not work:

import ncclient
m = ncclient.manager.connect()

The error AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'manager'.

I don’t understand what the difference is. Shouldn't it be the same way? Why is this not so?

Answer 1

Importing a module (package) does not automatically import a submodule. (Some modules do. For example, importing a module osalso imports os.path)

Replace the following line:

import ncclient

with:

import ncclient.manager

to load a submodule manager.