Python code extractor

Python code extractor

Dependencies

Written in pure Python and has no dependencies other than the base libraries.

Installation

From source code:

pip install .

From PyPI:

pip install code-extractor

Import

Main functions

import code_extractor
from code_extractor import extract_code, load_code

Pickle API

import code_extractor.pickle

or as a drop-in for pickle:

import code_extractor.pickle as pickle

Usage

Given the following:

class Class:
    def __init__(self):
        self.test = 42

def function():
    return 42

Use

>>> import code_extractor
>>> extracted_class = code_extractor.extract_code(Class)
>>> extracted_function = code_extractor.extract_code(function)
>>> reconstructed_class = code_extractor.load_code(extracted_class)
>>> instance = reconstructed_class()
>>> instance.test
42
>>> reconstructed_function = code_extractor.load_code(extracted_function)
>>> reconstructed_function()
42

Pickle module

>>> import code_extractor
>>> code_extractor.dump(...)
>>> code_extractor.dumps(...)
>>> code_extractor.load(...)
>>> code_extractor.loads(...)

Or

>>> import code_extractor.pickle as pickle
>>> pickle.dump(...)
>>> pickle.dumps(...)
>>> pickle.load(...)
>>> pickle.loads(...)