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title: "Quick Python: Package Namespacing"
date: 2020-02-03T20:13:38-05:00
draft: false
tags: [ "python" ]
---
Package namespacing can help organize modules within a larger project. It can also help show that a package belongs to an organization.
For example, let's say you want to have a module named `companyname.component`. Then you want to have the following project structure.
```
companyname/
component/
__init__.py
...
setup.py
```
Note that there is no `__init__.py` under `companyname`.
Then in your `setup.py` denote where to find the packages using a namespace.
```python
from setuptools import setup, find_namespace_packages
setup(name="companyname.component",
version="0.0.1",
packages=find_namespace_packages(include=["companyname.*"]))
```