This stub prunes items from the path that are not related to your app. #splunk

clean_splunk_app_path.py

def prune_sys_path(app_name):
    # Prune directories from other apps so that we don't step on each other with our imports (see http://lukemurphey.net/issues/1281)
    paths_to_remove = []
    for path in sys.path:
        if ('/etc/apps/' in path and not ('/etc/apps/' + app_name) in path) or ('\\etc\\apps\\' in path and not ('\\etc\\apps\\' + app_name) in path):
            paths_to_remove.append(path)
    
    for path in paths_to_remove:
        sys.path.remove(path)
        
# Example call:
#prune_sys_path('lookup_editor')