code-extractor 0.2.0

Extract source code from python objects

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(...)