Get classes, functions, etc... using instrospection (inspect module)

inspect_example.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import inspect
import os.path
import os


def get_symbols_from_module(python_module, filter_func):
    members = inspect.getmembers(python_module)
    return dict([[name,symbol] for name,symbol in members 
                               if filter_func(symbol)])

def main():
    # Obtain a map whith all the classes defined in the 
    # standard os module
    print get_symbols_from_module(os, inspect.isclass)

    # Obtain a map with all the functions defined in the
    # standard sys module
    print get_symbols_from_module(sys, inspect.isfunction)

if __name__ == '__main__':
   main()