Add a middleware to a builtin function

builtin_func_middleware.py

from functools import wraps


def builtin_func_middleware(original):
    import builtins

    def wrapper(func):

        @wraps(original)
        def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
            if func(*args, **kwargs):
                return original(*args, *kwargs)

            raise ValueError("Middleware checked failed")

        try:
            setattr(builtins, original.__name__, wrapped)
        except AttributeError:
            print("Cannot override builtins", original.__name__)

        return wrapped

    return wrapper


BANNED_IMPORTS = ('inspect',)


@builtin_func_middleware(__import__)
def check_imports(*args, **kwargs):
    name = args[0] if len(args) else kwargs.get("name")

    if name is None:
        return False

    if name in BANNED_IMPORTS:
        return False

    return True


try:
    import inspect
except ValueError:
    print("Worked")
else:
    print("failed :<")

print(__import__)
print(eval("__import__"))
print(breakpoint.__self__.__import__)