Merge pull request #3896 from RasaHQ/python-path

insert current path in syspath whenever cli invoked [WIP]

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Fixed
 - ``rasa train`` now also includes NLU files in other formats than the Rasa format
 - ``rasa train core`` no longer crashes without a ``--domain`` arg
 - ``rasa interactive`` now looks for endpoints in ``endpoints.yml`` if no ``--endpoints`` arg is passed
+- custom files, e.g. custom components and channels, load correctly when using
+  the command line interface
 
 
 [1.1.4] - 2019-06-18

rasa/__main__.py

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ def print_version() -> None:
 
 def main() -> None:
     # Running as standalone python application
+    import os
+    import sys
+
     parse_last_positional_argument_as_model_path()
     arg_parser = create_argument_parser()
     cmdline_arguments = arg_parser.parse_args()
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
     set_log_level(log_level)
 
+    # insert current path in syspath so custom modules are found
+    sys.path.insert(1, os.getcwd())
+
     if hasattr(cmdline_arguments, "func"):
         rasa.utils.io.configure_colored_logging(log_level)
         cmdline_arguments.func(cmdline_arguments)

rasa/cli/run.py

@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ def run_actions(args: argparse.Namespace):
 
     args.actions = args.actions or DEFAULT_ACTIONS_PATH
 
-    # insert current path in syspath so module is found
-    sys.path.insert(1, os.getcwd())
     path = args.actions.replace(".", os.sep) + ".py"
     _ = get_validated_path(path, "action", DEFAULT_ACTIONS_PATH)