How to get a reference to current modules attributes in Python

How to get a reference to current modules attributes in Python

As previously mentioned, globals gives you a dictionary as opposed to dir() which gives you a list of the names defined in the module. The way I typically see this done is like this:

import sys
dir(sys.modules[__name__])

Just use globals()

globals() — Return a dictionary
representing the current global symbol
table. This is always the dictionary
of the current module (inside a
function or method, this is the module
where it is defined, not the module
from which it is called).

http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#globals

How to get a reference to current modules attributes in Python

It might be late to answer, but I didnt found the correct answer for myself.
The most closest and precise solution (faster than inspect.stack()) in the python 3.7.x:

# search for first module in the stack
stack_frame = inspect.currentframe()
while stack_frame:
  print(***, stack_frame.f_code.co_name, stack_frame.f_code.co_filename, stack_frame.f_lineno)
  if stack_frame.f_code.co_name == <module>:
    if stack_frame.f_code.co_filename != <stdin>:
      caller_module = inspect.getmodule(stack_frame)
    else:
      # piped or interactive import
      caller_module = sys.modules[__main__]
    if not caller_module is None:
      #... do something here ...
    break
  stack_frame = stack_frame.f_back

Pros:

• Preciser than globals() method.
• Does not depend on the stack intermediate frames, which can be added for example, via hooking or by the 3dparty tools like pytest:

*** foo ... ..
*** boo ... ..
*** runtest c:pythonx8637libsite-packagesxonshpytest_plugin.py 58
*** pytest_runtest_call c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestrunner.py 125
*** _multicall c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggycallers.py 187
*** <lambda> c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggymanager.py 86
*** _hookexec c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggymanager.py 92
*** __call__ c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggyhooks.py 286
*** <lambda> c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestrunner.py 201
*** from_call c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestrunner.py 229
*** call_runtest_hook c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestrunner.py 201
*** call_and_report c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestrunner.py 176
*** runtestprotocol c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestrunner.py 95
*** pytest_runtest_protocol c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestrunner.py 80
*** _multicall c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggycallers.py 187
*** <lambda> c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggymanager.py 86
*** _hookexec c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggymanager.py 92
*** __call__ c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggyhooks.py 286
*** pytest_runtestloop c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestmain.py 258
*** _multicall c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggycallers.py 187
*** <lambda> c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggymanager.py 86
*** _hookexec c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggymanager.py 92
*** __call__ c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggyhooks.py 286
*** _main c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestmain.py 237
*** wrap_session c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestmain.py 193
*** pytest_cmdline_main c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestmain.py 230
*** _multicall c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggycallers.py 187
*** <lambda> c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggymanager.py 86
*** _hookexec c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggymanager.py 92
*** __call__ c:pythonx8637libsite-packagespluggyhooks.py 286
*** main c:pythonx8637libsite-packages_pytestconfig__init__.py 90
*** <module> c:Pythonx8637Scriptspytest.exe__main__.py 7

• Can handle python piped or interactive session.

Cons:

• A kind of much precise and can return modules registered in an executable like for the pytest.exe which might not what you want.
• inspect.getmodule still may return None on valid modules depending on hooking

I have an extension to the python:
How to import a module given the full path?

The extension having wrapper functions for that case:

def tkl_get_stack_frame_module_by_offset(skip_stack_frames = 0, use_last_frame_on_out_of_stack = False):
  ...

def tkl_get_stack_frame_module_by_name(name = <module>):
  ...

You have to just initialize the extension properly:

# portable import to the global space
sys.path.append(<path-to-tacklelib-module-directory>)
import tacklelib as tkl

tkl.tkl_init(tkl, global_config = {log_import_module:os.environ.get(TACKLELIB_LOG_IMPORT_MODULE)})

# cleanup
del tkl # must be instead of `tkl = None`, otherwise the variable would be still persist
sys.path.pop()

# use `tkl_*` functions directly from here ...