How Do I Perform Introspection on an Object in Python 2.x?

Question

I\'m using Python 2.x and I have an object I\'m summoning from the aether; the documentation on it is not particularly clear. I would like to be able to get a list of prope

Answer 1

Well ... Your first stop will be a simple dir(object). This will show you all the object's members, both fields and methods. Try it in an interactive Python shell, and play around a little.

For instance:

> class Foo:
   def __init__(self):
    self.a = "bar"
    self.b = 4711

> a=Foo()
> dir(a)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__module__', 'a', 'b']