inspect.getargspec()
inspect.getargspec() is a Python function in the Inspect Module category. Returns argument specification (args, varargs, varkw, defaults, kwonlyargs, kwonlydefaults, annotations). The syntax is inspect.getargspec(func). Returns: ArgSpec tuple. A typical example: spec = inspect.getargspec(open)
print(spec.args) # ["file", "mode", "buffering", ...]. A close sibling is inspect.getsource(), which returns the source code of a module, class, method, function, or code object. A close sibling is inspect.getfile(), which returns the file path where an object is defined. A close sibling is inspect.getmembers(), which returns all members of an object as (name, value) pairs, optionally filtered. A close sibling is inspect.signature(), which returns the Signature object for a callable (parameters, return annotation). More about this category: Object introspection — getsource, getfile, getmembers, signature. Related Inspect Module entries: inspect.getsource(), inspect.getfile(), inspect.getmembers(), inspect.signature(), inspect.isfunction(), inspect.ismethod(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details.