title: from_file
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type: method
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signature: filename
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summary: Loads a project from a project file.
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body:

This is the most common way to create a project instance.  It's a class
method that given the path to a project file will load the project.  If
the file does not exist then `None` is returned.

## Example

```python
from lektor.project import Project

project = Project.from_file('/path/to/the/project.lektorproject')
```
