code: def import_module(filename):
      
      module_name = "xyz"
  
      module_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, filename)
  
      if module_spec is None:
          raise RuntimeError("Python cannot import file '{}'".format(filename))
  
      module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(module_spec)
      module_spec.loader.exec_module(module)
      # print(dir(module))
      #
      # msg = 'The {module_name} module has the following methods:' \
      #       ' {methods}'
      # print(msg.format(module_name=module_name,
      #                  methods=dir(module)))
  
      return module
docs: Returns module object
  
      Source: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2016/05/27/python-201-an-intro-to-importlib/