Getting Module from Type

Question

Is there a way in Python to get the module from a type ? I have an object which I can get the type but I am unable to see where the type is defined.

Related: stackoverflow.com/q/31166088/3001761

jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe

2015-07-21 10:48:37 +00:00
Commented Jul 21, 2015 at 10:48 — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Jul 21, 2015 at 10:48

poke · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-21 10:53:47Z

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You can use inspect.getmodule to retrieve the module object the specified object was defined in.

For example:

>>> import inspect
>>> from collections import Counter
>>> c = Counter()
>>> inspect.getmodule(c)
<module 'collections' from 'C:\\Program Files\\Python34\\lib\\collections\\__init__.py'>
>>> inspect.getmodule(Counter)
<module 'collections' from 'C:\\Program Files\\Python34\\lib\\collections\\__init__.py'>

answered Jul 21, 2015 at 10:53

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2 Comments

BlueTrin Over a year ago

On this particular example, I am getting <module 'builtin' (built-in)>

poke Over a year ago

Then it’s part of the builtin module which is built into the interpreter.

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