`find_device` module missing in `adafruit_hid.keyboard.Keyboard`

[ivogeorg]

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_HID/blob/2fddabcaf0df1763111ed9dbf9e2d4cdb5b0434e/adafruit_hid/keyboard.py#L17

Doesn't the line from . import find_device in adafruit_hid.keyboard.Keyboard.py expect that there is a find_device submodule in the adafruit_hid library hierarchy? Or am I missing something about importing Adafruit libraries. I am only trying to execute the code.py on an Adafruit Metro M4 Express board with updated bootloader and CircuitPython.

[dhalbert]

find_device() is a function, not a module. It is in https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_HID/blob/main/adafruit_hid/__init__.py

You need to copy the entire adafruit_hid directory to your /lib, if you have not done so.

[ivogeorg]

Right, I see it. This is the error message I get:

code.py output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "code.py", line 15, in <module>
  File "adafruit_hid/keyboard.py", line 17, in <module>
ImportError: no module named 'adafruit_hid.find_device'

First 16 lines of code.py:

# Metro M4 IO demo
# Welcome to CircuitPython 3.1 :)

import time
import board
from digitalio import DigitalInOut, Direction, Pull
from analogio import AnalogIn
from adafruit_motor import servo
import neopixel
import audioio
import pulseio
import simpleio

# keyboard support
from adafruit_hid.keyboard import Keyboard
from adafruit_hid.keycode import Keycode

[ivogeorg]

I am using the mpy files from the 7.. library bundle.

[dhalbert]

Is __init__.py in lib/adafruit_hid, and is it non-empty?

I reproduced your error when __init__.py was missing.

[ivogeorg]

@dhalbert, I think I know what happened. When I was updating the libraries, a stray empty __init__.py had remained in the adafruit_hid. As I said, I am using the compressed mpy files, so I can't view them. Deleted the stray and that cleared the import problem.

I am guessing this code is a bit outdated because I am running into errors that can be explained easily with changes in the libraries.

Thanks for the prompt responses!

[dhalbert]

Glad you figured it out! A .py file takes precedence over a .mpy file of the same name, so what happened makes sense.