Reading Python Documentation for 3rd party modules

Question

I recently downloaded IMDbpy module.. When I do,

import imdb
help(imdb)

i dont get the full documentation.. I have to do

im = imdb.IMDb()
help(im)

to see the available methods. I dont like this console interface. Is there any better way of reading the doc. I mean all the doc related to module imdb in one page..

Answer 1

Use pydoc

pydoc -w imdb

This will generate imdb.html in the same directory.

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pydoc -p 9090 will start a HTTP server on port 9090, and you will be able to browse all documentation at http://localhost:9090/

Answer 2

in IPython you could do

[1]: import os
[2]: os?

< get the full documentation here >

# or you could do it on specific functions 
[3]: os.uname
<built-in function>



[4]: os.uname?

< get the full documentation here >


# Incase of modules written in python, you could inspect source code by doing
[5]: import string
[6]: string??

< hows the source code of the module >

[7]: string.upper??

< shows the source code of the function >