importing .obj

	'''
	>>> bpy.ops.import_scene.obj(
	obj()
	bpy.ops.import_scene.obj(filepath="", filter_glob="*.obj;*.mtl", use_ngons=True, use_edges=True, use_smooth_groups=True, use_split_objects=True, use_split_groups=True, use_groups_as_vgroups=False, use_image_search=True, split_mode='ON', global_clamp_size=0, axis_forward='-Z', axis_up='Y')
	'''
	import bpy
	full_path_to_file = "C:\\Users\\dealga\\Documents\\OBJECTS\\obj_1.obj"
	bpy.ops.import_scene.obj(filepath=full_path_to_file)

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The separator used here is '\\', but this varies from OS to OS. Python has a module called os to take some of the headache away.

	import os
	full_path_to_directory = os.path.join('C:\\', 'Users', 'name', 'Documents', 'OBJECTS')
	full_path_to_file = os.path.join(full_path_to_directory, "obj_1.obj")
	print(full_path_to_directory)
	print(full_path_to_file)

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The above code allows you to do this stuff manually, research and experiment with the os module, it's great to understand how it works.

You could write a plugin using the directory selector built into Blender, so that you can navigate to a directory and obtain the string full_path_to_directory that way, but that's a different topic.

Blog reader pmpfx wondered how this syntax was glued together, so I think the above should clarify the path issues. The following snippet uses the os module to list the content of a directory. It will gather all files that are .obj and import them. No error checking is done, the path has to be valid. Conveniently the os module provides ways to check if a path is valid, read the docs.

	import os
	import bpy
	full_path_to_directory = os.path.join('C:\\', 'Users', 'name', 'Documents', 'OBJECTS')
	# get list of all files in directory
	file_list = os.listdir(full_path_to_directory)
	# reduce the list to files ending in 'obj'
	# using 'list comprehensions'
	obj_list = [item for item in file_list if item[-3:] == 'obj']
	# loop through the strings in obj_list.
	for item in obj_list:
	full_path_to_file = os.path.join(full_path_to_directory, item)
	bpy.ops.import_scene.obj(filepath=full_path_to_file)

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Here's a description of how to sanitize a blend