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Re: Getting a list of all modules

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On 2014-07-30 09:46, Peter Otten wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a programmatic way to get a list of all Python modules
>> and packages. Not just those already imported, but all those which
>> *could* be imported.
>>
>> I have a quick-and-dirty function which half does the job:
>>
>>
>> def get_modules():
>>      extensions = ('.py', '.pyc', '.pyo', '.so', '.dll')
>>      matches = set()
>>      for location in sys.path:
>>          if location == '': location = '.'
>>          if os.path.isdir(location):
>>              for name in os.listdir(location):
>>                  base, ext = os.path.splitext(name)
>>                  if ext in extensions:
>>                      matches.add(base)
>>      return sorted(matches)
>>
>>
>>
>> but I know it's wrong (it doesn't handle packages correctly, or zip
>> files, doesn't follow .pth files, has a very naive understanding of cross-
>> platform issues, fails to include built-in modules that don't live in the
>> file system, and probably more).
>>
>> Is this problem already solved? Can anyone make any suggestions?
>
> $ python3 -m pydoc -b
>
> shows a page with modules that I think is more complete than what you have.
> A quick glance at the implementation suggests that the hard work is done by
>
> pkgutil.iter_modules()

There are two niggles to this answer: it omits builtin modules, but those are 
easily discovered through sys.builtin_module_names. It can also include spurious 
script .py files that cannot be imported because their names are not Python 
identifiers: e.g. check-newconfigs.py. Those are easy to filter out, fortunately.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco

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Getting a list of all modules Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-30 07:43 +0000
  Re: Getting a list of all modules Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-30 18:33 +1000
  Re: Getting a list of all modules Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-07-30 10:46 +0200
  Re: Getting a list of all modules Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2014-07-30 11:35 +0100
  Re: Getting a list of all modules Leo Jay <python.leojay@gmail.com> - 2014-07-30 21:22 +0800
    Re: Getting a list of all modules Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-31 10:41 +0000
      Re: Getting a list of all modules Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-31 07:55 -0400
        Re: Getting a list of all modules Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-31 23:13 +1000
      Re: Getting a list of all modules Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-07-31 15:59 -0400
      Re: Getting a list of all modules Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2014-08-01 14:39 +0100
        Re: Getting a list of all modules Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-01 15:41 +0000
          Re: Getting a list of all modules jonnicoll11@googlemail.com - 2014-08-02 14:13 -0700
            Re: Getting a list of all modules Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-02 22:22 +0100
          Re: Getting a list of all modules Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-03 14:38 +0100
  Re: Getting a list of all modules Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-30 23:27 +1000
  Re: Getting a list of all modules wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-07-30 06:42 -0700
  Re: Getting a list of all modules Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-07-30 08:29 -0600
  Re: Getting a list of all modules Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-07-30 09:45 -0500
  Re: Getting a list of all modules Akira Li <4kir4.1i@gmail.com> - 2014-07-31 22:55 +0400
  Bug with help (was Re: Getting a list of all modules) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-31 20:19 +0100
  Re: Bug with help (was Re: Getting a list of all modules) Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-07-31 16:15 -0400
  Re: Bug with help (was Re: Getting a list of all modules) Akira Li <4kir4.1i@gmail.com> - 2014-08-02 06:17 +0400
    Re: Bug with help (was Re: Getting a list of all modules) Heinz Schmitz <HeinzSchmitz@gmx.net> - 2014-08-02 10:33 +0200
      Re: Bug with help (was Re: Getting a list of all modules) Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2014-08-02 13:13 +0100
      Re: Bug with help (was Re: Getting a list of all modules) Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-08-02 14:17 -0400

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