Integrating with isort

If you rely on sqliteimport’s auto-loading of .sqlite3 files on the PYTHONPATH, the import sqliteimport line needs to appear before third-party modules:

import os
import sys

import sqliteimport

import boto3
import requests

However, isort would normally sort these lines alphabetically and break your imports:

import os
import sys

import boto3
import requests
import sqliteimport  # <--- Sorted to the bottom. Bad!

There are two ways to address this.

Custom section

You can configure isort to put sqliteimport into a custom section that always sorts before third-party packages:

pyproject.toml

[tool.isort]
sections=[
    "FUTURE",
    "STDLIB",
    "SQLITEIMPORT",  # <--- New isort section!
    "THIRDPARTY",
    "FIRSTPARTY",
    "LOCALFOLDER",
]
known_sqliteimport=["sqliteimport"]

.isort.cfg

[isort]
sections=FUTURE,STDLIB,SQLITEIMPORT,THIRDPARTY,FIRSTPARTY,LOCALFOLDER
known_sqliteimport=sqliteimport

Result:

import os
import sys

import sqliteimport

import boto3
import requests

force_to_top

You can force sqliteimport to the top of the third party section:

pyproject.toml

[tool.isort]
force_to_top = ["sqliteimport"]

.isort.cfg

[isort]
force_to_top = sqliteimport

Result:

import os
import sys

import sqliteimport
import boto3
import requests