import failing - cannot perform relative import

[codingbandit]

I am attempting to use this library from the CircuitPython library download, version 6, but as soon as I include the import (as shown in the examples), I am receiving an error "cannot perform relative import". Line 48 of adafruit_minimqtt.py is relatively loading the matcher.

I ultimately would like to use this library with the Adafruit Azure IoT library, but it can't find the module (even though it's copied to lib) - the import in the IoT lib doesn't match the minimqtt examples.

I'm not familiar enough with the CircuitPython build tools for building bundles, one day I will attempt this myself - but this issue is a bit more pressing at the moment as I wish to include it in a presentation - any assistance is appreciated. Please let me know if you need anything additional, or if I totally missed the boat on something easy :)

[codingbandit]

I've worked around this issue temporarily by copying the source files, I moved the matcher class directly into the adafruit_minimqtt.py file, and in the source file in the Azure IoT library (iot_mqtt.py) changed the imports to :

import adafruit_minimqtt.adafruit_minimqtt as minimqtt
from adafruit_minimqtt.adafruit_minimqtt import MQTT

So I am functional :)

[brentru]

@codingbandit Thanks for reporting this. I'm working "in" this library this week (addressing some issues) and I'll take a look at this issue.

I've worked around this issue temporarily by copying the source files, I moved the matcher class directly into the adafruit_minimqtt.py file

Do you mean you copy and pasted the code for the matcher class into MiniMQTT as a separate class?

Also - it seems this issue is also relevant to how the Azure IoT library imports in iot_mqtt, could you please file an issue on that repository as well?

[codingbandit]

Hi @brentru - yes, I just went ahead and added the matcher class in the adafruit_minimqtt.py temporarily when I copied the files over. I didn't really test if was necessary TBH. I will file an issue with the Azure IoT library once this one gets straightened out (this way we won't be chasing each others tails :) ) - thank you so much!

[codingbandit]

@brentru - just an FYI - I don't seem to be having this issue any longer (I did a fresh download of CircuitPython and the libs and I am not getting the relative import any longer). Feel free to close this one if you would like. In the meantime, I will submit a PR into the Azure IOT with the fixed imports. (PR in the other repo: adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_AzureIoT#23 )

[brentru]

Ok - will be replying over on adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_AzureIoT#23