how to import module only once in python behave step files

Question

I am very new to Python and Behave. In my step file, test_steps.py, I have imported the following:

from behave import given, when, then, step
from behave_http.steps import *
from datetime import datetime
import time
import pdb
import xmltodict
import requests

If I created another step file, test2_steps.py, I had to import above again. Is there a way to avoid that?

Thank you for your help!

No, you have to import anything you want to use in a file. – Morgan Thrapp Jul 15 '16 at 20:34 — Morgan Thrapp, Jul 15 '16 at 20:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 15 '16 at 21:46

It's generally useful to know all the imports for a given file; however, you can do something like the following:

config.py

from behave import given, when, then, step
from behave_http.steps import *
from datetime import datetime
import time
import pdb
import xmltodict
import requests

test2_steps.py

from config import *
#other code here

how to import module only once in python behave step files

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