cd /Users/abrahammathew/Desktop/object_detection_cats/object_detection/

python3 export_inference_graph.py
    --input_type image_tensor
    --pipeline_config_path data/ssd_mobilenet_v1_pets.config
    --trained_checkpoint_prefix data/model.ckpt-997
    --output_directory object_detection_graph

from object_detection import exporter
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-20-0bc5d13491d6>", line 1, in <module>
    from object_detection import exporter

ImportError: cannot import name 'exporter'

os.chdir('/Users/abrahammathew/Desktop/object_detection_cats/object_detection')

import exporter  ### THIS WORKS!!!!!

from object_detection import exporter
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-23-0bc5d13491d6>", line 1, in <module>
    from object_detection import exporter

ImportError: cannot import name 'exporter'