How to get method parameter names?

Question

Given the Python function:

def a_method(arg1, arg2):
    pass

How can I extract the number and names of the arguments. I.e., given that I h

Answer 1

In a decorator method, you can list arguments of the original method in this way:

import inspect, itertools 

def my_decorator():

        def decorator(f):

            def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):

                # if you want arguments names as a list:
                args_name = inspect.getargspec(f)[0]
                print(args_name)

                # if you want names and values as a dictionary:
                args_dict = dict(itertools.izip(args_name, args))
                print(args_dict)

                # if you want values as a list:
                args_values = args_dict.values()
                print(args_values)

If the **kwargs are important for you, then it will be a bit complicated:

        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):

            args_name = list(OrderedDict.fromkeys(inspect.getargspec(f)[0] + kwargs.keys()))
            args_dict = OrderedDict(list(itertools.izip(args_name, args)) + list(kwargs.iteritems()))
            args_values = args_dict.values()

Example:

@my_decorator()
def my_function(x, y, z=3):
    pass


my_function(1, y=2, z=3, w=0)
# prints:
# ['x', 'y', 'z', 'w']
# {'y': 2, 'x': 1, 'z': 3, 'w': 0}
# [1, 2, 3, 0]