import_deps

Find python module's import dependencies.

import_deps is based on ast module from standard library, so the modules being analysed are not executed.

Install

pip install import_deps

Usage

import_deps is designed to track only imports within a known set of package and modules.

Given a package with the modules:

• foo/__init__.py
• foo/foo_a.py
• foo/foo_b.py
• foo/foo_c.py

Where foo_a.py has the following imports:

from . import foo_b
from .foo_c import obj_c

Usage (CLI)

> import_deps foo/foo_a.py
foo.foo_b
foo.foo_c

Usage (lib)

import pathlib
from import_deps import ModuleSet

# First initialise a ModuleSet instance with a list str of modules to track
pkg_paths = pathlib.Path('foo').glob('**/*.py')
module_set = ModuleSet([str(p) for p in pkg_paths])

# then you can get the set of imports
for imported in module_set.mod_imports('foo.foo_a'):
    print(imported)

# foo.foo_c
# foo.foo_b

ModuleSet

You can get a list of all modules in a ModuleSet by path or module's full qualified name.

by_path

Note that key for by_path must be exactly the as provided on ModuleSet initialization.

for mod in sorted(module_set.by_path.keys()):
    print(mod)

# results in:
# foo/__init__.py
# foo/foo_a.py
# foo/foo_b.py
# foo/foo_c.py

by_name

for mod in sorted(module_set.by_name.keys()):
    print(mod)

# results in:
# foo.__init__
# foo.foo_a
# foo.foo_b
# foo.foo_c

ast_imports(file_path)

ast_imports is a low level function that returns a list of entries for import statement in the module. The parameter file_path can be a string or pathlib.Path instance.

The return value is a list of 4-tuple items with values:

• module name (of the "from" statement, None if a plain import)
• object name
• as name
• level of relative import (number of parent, None if plain import)

from import_deps import ast_imports

ast_imports('foo.py')

# import datetime
(None, 'datetime', None, None)

# from datetime import time
('datetime', 'time', None, 0)

# from datetime import datetime as dt
('datetime', 'datetime', 'dt', 0)

# from .. import bar
(None, 'bar', None, 2)

# from .acme import baz
('acme', 'baz', None, 1)


# note that a single statement will contain one entry per imported "name"
# from datetime import time, timedelta
('datetime', 'time', None, 0)
('datetime', 'timedelta', None, 0)