Import module

Question

How to get a description of functions from an imported module? For example, to work with a hash, you specified "import hashlib" for me, but how do I know what functions this module contains and what they return ?

Answer 1

Try

import <module_name>

print(dir(<module_name>))

Answer 2

run:
help("<module name>.<function name>")

Answer 3

So help("hashlib.sha1")is good result . Seb TheS was right, but i didn,t know any function and i got misstake. Russ gave me the way for it. Thank you Seb TheS and Russ:))

Answer 4

You can use the original python docs: (including samples)

https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/hashlib.html

Answer 5

Seb TheS, But how to get a complete list of module functions?

Answer 6

Russ, great:))

Answer 7

Ivan Ivanov It should not give errors unless if you typed it with < and > s.

Answer 8

Seb TheS,
1.import hashlib
print(dir(hashlib))
Result the best
2. help("hashlib")
Result errors .many many errors

Answer 9

Try leaving out the "s

help(hashlib)

Answer 10

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