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# 31.6. `modulefinder` — Find modules used by a script

New in version 2.3.

Source code: Lib/modulefinder.py

This module provides a `ModuleFinder` class that can be used to determine the set of modules imported by a script. `modulefinder.py` can also be run as a script, giving the filename of a Python script as its argument, after which a report of the imported modules will be printed.

`modulefinder.``AddPackagePath`(pkg_name, path)

  Record that the package named pkg_name can be found in the specified path.

`modulefinder.``ReplacePackage`(oldname, newname)

  Allows specifying that the module named oldname is in fact the package named newname. The most common usage would be to handle how the `_xmlplus` package replaces the `xml` package.

class `modulefinder.``ModuleFinder`([path=None, debug=0, excludes=[], replace_paths=[]])

  This class provides `run_script()` and `report()` methods to determine the set of modules imported by a script. path can be a list of directories to search for modules; if not specified, `sys.path` is used. debug sets the debugging level; higher values make the class print debugging messages about what it’s doing. excludes is a list of module names to exclude from the analysis. replace_paths is a list of `(oldpath, newpath)` tuples that will be replaced in module paths.

  `report`()

    Print a report to standard output that lists the modules imported by the script and their paths, as well as modules that are missing or seem to be missing.

  `run_script`(pathname)

    Analyze the contents of the pathname file, which must contain Python code.

  `modules`

    A dictionary mapping module names to modules. See Example usage of ModuleFinder.

## 31.6.1. Example usage of `ModuleFinder`

The script that is going to get analyzed later on (bacon.py):

    import re, itertools

    try:
        import baconhameggs
    except ImportError:
        pass

    try:
        import guido.python.ham
    except ImportError:
        pass

The script that will output the report of bacon.py:

    from modulefinder import ModuleFinder

    finder = ModuleFinder()
    finder.run_script('bacon.py')

    print 'Loaded modules:'
    for name, mod in finder.modules.iteritems():
        print '%s: ' % name,
        print ','.join(mod.globalnames.keys()[:3])

    print '-'*50
    print 'Modules not imported:'
    print '\n'.join(finder.badmodules.iterkeys())

Sample output (may vary depending on the architecture):

    Loaded modules:
    _types:
    copy_reg:  _inverted_registry,_slotnames,__all__
    sre_compile:  isstring,_sre,_optimize_unicode
    _sre:
    sre_constants:  REPEAT_ONE,makedict,AT_END_LINE
    sys:
    re:  __module__,finditer,_expand
    itertools:
    __main__:  re,itertools,baconhameggs
    sre_parse:  __getslice__,_PATTERNENDERS,SRE_FLAG_UNICODE
    array:
    types:  __module__,IntType,TypeType
    ---------------------------------------------------
    Modules not imported:
    guido.python.ham
    baconhameggs