How do I get the module and class name of an object as a string in Python?

Question

In Python, I can write

from some_module.some_submodule import SomeClass

foo = SomeClass()
module_and_class = str(type(foo))

and the value of module_and_class is

<class 'some_module.some_submodule.SomeClass'>

How do I get just 'some_module.some_submodule.SomeClass'?

Does this answer your question? Getting the class name of an instance? — Tomerikoo
– Tomerikoo, Commented Aug 2, 2021 at 20:46

juanpa.arrivillaga · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-02 20:45:28Z

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You want some combination of:

klass = type(foo)

print(klass.__module__, klass.__qualname__)

So, reconstructing it yourself:

module_and_class = f"{klass.__module__}.{klass.__qualname__}"

answered Aug 2, 2021 at 20:45

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