how to import esp8266_i2c_lcd.py

[icenov]

I've just received my huzzah feather esp8266 board and managed to connect through Arduino and now mpfshell. I can connect through web socket and load files, or run simple python scripts directly from the >>> prompt. But I am trying to run Dave Hyland's I2C LCD https://github.com/dhylands/python_lcd/ ... cd_test.py without success. The issue is loading the module:
from esp8266_i2c_lcd import I2cLcd
I don't know where this module should be to get loaded from. For normal python scripts (on my desktop), the modules are installed in the correct directory via pip or apt install (linux). But where should the module be for python running on the esp2866? I have tried to put it in the same directory as boot.py on the chip but that also didn't work.
Can anyone clarify? I'm sure it is straightforward, but ...

[devnull]

You should put the library in the /lib folder.

But on different devices / builds the system rootpath is different, on the esp8277 version 1.8.7 this folder is in the root i.e:

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/lib

On later builds and on other devices such as pyboard, the system rootpath is /flash

so in that case it would be :

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/flash/lib

If the lib folder does not exist you can create it.

If you want to see which folders are in the search path:

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import sys
sys.path
>> ['', '/lib', '/']

[dhylands]

You also need to copy the lcd_api.py file to the device.