so now we can load modules dynamically. Also, the tutorials for python seem insane. Why was this simple answer not the first to pop. Ugh.

libs/__init__.py

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from libs.utils.common import *
-
-
-# Get the application's path (wherever weirdAAL.py is located will be the dirpath )
-dirpath = os.getcwd()
-# The actual location of this file on the filesystem is the "foldername"
-foldername = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-
-all_files = list_all_files(foldername)
-__all__ = all_files

libs/utils/common.py

@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ def list_all_files(directory):
 
   for file in list_of_files:
       filename_and_ext = os.path.splitext(file)
-      if filename_and_ext[1] == ".py":
+      if (filename_and_ext[1] == ".py") and not (filename_and_ext[0].startswith("__")):
           array.append(filename_and_ext[0])
   return array

modules/__init__.py

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 import os
 from libs.utils.common import *
 
-
 # Get the application's path (wherever weirdAAL.py is located will be the dirpath )
 dirpath = os.getcwd()
 # The actual location of this file on the filesystem is the "foldername"
 foldername = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
-all_files = list_all_files(foldername)
+all_modules = list_all_files(foldername)
-
-__all__ = all_files

weirdAAL.py

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import os
 from config import AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
 from modules import *
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append("modules")
+for module in all_modules:
+    exec("from %s import *"%module)
+
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument("-s", "--step", help="list the step you would like to run",