How do I look inside a Python object?

Question

I\'m starting to code in various projects using Python (including Django web development and Panda3D game development).

To help me understand what\'s going on, I wo

Answer 1

Try using:

print(object.stringify())

• where object is the variable name of the object you are trying to inspect.

This prints out a nicely formatted and tabbed output showing all the hierarchy of keys and values in the object.

NOTE: This works in python3. Not sure if it works in earlier versions

UPDATE: This doesn't work on all types of objects. If you encounter one of those types (like a Request object), use one of the following instead:

• dir(object())

or

import pprint then: pprint.pprint(object.__dict__)