check_packages_in_python

check_packages_in_python

# check packages in python

# the python packaging is sometimes hard to understand, in that way it often helps to see what python 
# thinks about you packages

# (this code is written and tested with python 3.6)

import pkgutil

def inspect_package(name):
    """this will give you:
    - the object (also printing out the path of the package
    - the submodules (the '*.py' files in your package)
    """
    package = name
    print(package)
    for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.iter_modules(package.__path__):
        print("Found submodule %s (is a package: %s)" % (modname, ispkg))
        
# -------------------- Example ------------------------------------------------        
# this is the package we are inspecting -- for example 'datetime' from stdlib
import datetime
inspect_package(datetime)