How To Get The Types Of Numpy Function Arguments (from Docstrings) Using Jedi In Python

Ideally I would like a function which works as follows (for all kinds of numpy functions): parameter_types('np.random.binomial') and returns: {'a: 'int', 'b':'float', 'size':'int'

Solution 1:

As found in this answer, your best bet is to install numpydoc and its requirements.

import numpydoc
import numpy as np

doc = numpydoc.docscrape.NumpyDocString(np.random.binomial.__doc__)

wich can then be inspected

In [45]: doc['Parameters']
Out[45]: 
[('n',
  'int or array_like of ints',
  ['Parameter of the distribution, >= 0. Floats are also accepted,',
   'but they will be truncated to integers.']),
 ('p',
  'float or array_like of floats',
  ['Parameter of the distribution, >= 0 and <=1.']),
 ('size',
  'int or tuple of ints, optional',
  ['Output shape.  If the given shape is, e.g., ``(m, n, k)``, then',
   '``m * n * k`` samples are drawn.  If size is ``None`` (default),',
   'a single value is returned if ``n`` and ``p`` are both scalars.',
   'Otherwise, ``np.broadcast(n, p).size`` samples are drawn.'])]

Note that you'll have to do some postprocessing such as converting the list of tuples to a dictionary.

In [46]: {t[0]: t[1] for t in doc['Parameters']}
Out[46]: 
{'n': 'int or array_like of ints',
 'p': 'float or array_like of floats',
 'size': 'int or tuple of ints, optional'}