inspect.getsource()

inspect.getsource() is a Python function in the Inspect Module category. Returns the source code of a module, class, method, function, or code object. The syntax is inspect.getsource(object). Parameters: object — any inspectable object. Returns: Source code string. A typical example: import inspect inspect.getsource(print) # "def print(*args, sep=' ', end='\\n', ...)". 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). A close sibling is inspect.isfunction(), which returns True if the object is a regular Python function. More about this category: Object introspection — getsource, getfile, getmembers, signature. Related Inspect Module entries: inspect.getfile(), inspect.getmembers(), inspect.signature(), inspect.isfunction(), inspect.ismethod(), inspect.isclass(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details.