Using custom parser as python module

I have created custom parser crontab_h.py and placed it in the $HOME/.local/share/jc/jcparsers folder.

I can successfully use this parser when executing crontab -l | jc --crontab_h, but when I try to use it as python module, I get error that module is not found: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'jc.parsers.crontab_h'.

test.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import subprocess
import jc.parsers.crontab_h

command_output = subprocess.check_output(['crontab', '-l'], text=True)
result = jc.parsers.crontab_h.parse(command_output)
print(result)

output:

> python3 test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "//test.py", line 4, in <module>
    import jc.parsers.crontab_h
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'jc.parsers.crontab_h'

Does this mean that custom parsers cant be used as python modules?

Even if I override default parser crontab.py (by renaming the custom crontab_h.py to crontab.py), the default parser is still imported as python module in stead of the custom one when using import jc.parsers.crontab.

[kellyjonbrazil]

The new API to call builtin and plugin parsers is now available with v1.18.1

[kellyjonbrazil]

Here is a not-so-elegant solution for now. I’ll look into creating true interface for this:

import os
import sys
import jc.appdirs
data_dir = jc.appdirs.user_data_dir('jc', 'jc')
local_parsers_dir = os.path.join(data_dir, 'jcparsers')
sys.path.append(local_parsers_dir)

# now you can import your parser in the plugin directory
import my_custom_parser