read methods from module, starting with a given string and return a list

gistfile1.py

def read_funcs_from_module(self, functionname_prefix, module):
    """read methods from module, starting with a given string and return a list"""
    moduleValues = module.__dict__.values()
    functions_in_module = filter(lambda obj: hasattr(obj, '__call__'), moduleValues)
    matching_functions = filter(lambda k: k.__name__.startswith(functionname_prefix), functions_in_module)
    return matching_functions

this might be a helpful piece of black magic to load modules at runtime.