objinspect
objinspect is a high-level wrapper around Python's built-in inspect module.
It provides a simple interface for examining Python functions and classes.
Features
- Inspect functions, methods, and classes with a consistent API
- Access signatures, parameters, return annotations, and docstrings
prettydir(alias:pdir) for a richerdir()-style view
Installation
From PyPI
pip install objinspect
uv add objinspect
From source
pip install git+https://github.com/zigai/objinspect
uv add git+https://github.com/zigai/objinspect
Examples
>>> from objinspect import inspect
>>> import math
>>> inspect(math.pow)
Function(name='pow', parameters=2, description='Return x**y (x to the power of y).')
>>> inspect(math.pow).dict
{
'name': 'pow',
'parameters': [
{'name': 'x', 'kind': <_ParameterKind.POSITIONAL_ONLY: 0>, 'type': <class 'inspect._empty'>, 'default': <class 'inspect._empty'>, 'description': None},
{'name': 'y', 'kind': <_ParameterKind.POSITIONAL_ONLY: 0>, 'type': <class 'inspect._empty'>, 'default': <class 'inspect._empty'>, 'description': None}],
'docstring': 'Return x**y (x to the power of y).'
}
>>> inspect(inspect)
Function(name='inspect', parameters=8, description='Inspects an object and returns a structured representation of its attributes and methods.')
prettydir
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