# Use PyPI packages with differing import names
Some Python PyPI package names do not match their import names. However, you can still import them into your Python steps.
# Using Magic Comments
When a package’s name doesn’t match the import name, you can specify the package name in a magic comment.
For example the google.cloud package exports bigquery, but you can still use it in your Python code steps in workflows:
# pipedream add-package google-cloud-bigquery
from google.cloud import bigquery
The special comment pipedream add-package <package name> will install the package into your workflow environment.
This is the new preferred way to import packages in Python code steps with mismatching module names.
Search PyPI Mappings
Alternatively, search for the PyPI package you're intending to use, and
use the shorthand import module shortcut to import them
into a Python step.
Using
magic comments
to import Python packages is the recommended approach to adding
packages with different exported module names.
| PyPI Package Name | Import into Pipedream with |
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