Re: Getting a list of all modules

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Date	2014-07-30 09:45 -0500
Subject	Re: Getting a list of all modules
From	Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:43 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info>
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 wrote a modified dir(), which I inject into builtins in interactive
sessions. When getting a directory of an object, it attempts to identify
not-yet-imported modules it contains. Such modules are enclosed in square
brackets. Modules that smell like packages also get a trailing '/'. For
example:

% python
Python 2.7.5+ (2.7:2921f6c2009e, Apr 30 2014, 14:00:13)
[GCC 4.4.6 [TWW]] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import dateutil
>>> dir(dateutil)
['[easter]', '[parser]', '[relativedelta]', '[rrule]', '[tz]', '[tzwin]',
'[zoneinfo/]', '__author__', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__',
'__license__', '__name__', '__package__', '__path__', '__version__']

It's not perfect, but works for my needs. Perhaps it will give you some
ideas.

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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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