How to fix import error with current package relative import

Problem ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package If you are developing a python package and try to import a module from the current package using relative path, you may get the following error. from .docdb_json_importer import DocDbJsonImporter OR from . import utils ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package For example in my case I was developing a package called docdb-import-export and I was trying to import a module from the current package using relative path like this: