Function

Abstract representation of a Function.

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Inherits from

HasBlock, Callable, Symbol, Editable, Expression, Usable, Importable, HasName

Attributes

call_sites

list[ FunctionCall ]

Returns all call sites (invocations) of this callable in the codebase.

code_block

CodeBlock

The block of code associated with the code object.

comment

CommentGroup | None

Returns the comment group associated with the symbol, if any.

decorators

list[ Decorator ]

Returns list of all decorators on this Symbol.

docstring

CommentGroup | None

Retrieves the docstring of the expression.

extended

SymbolGroup

Returns a SymbolGroup of all extended nodes associated with this element.

extended_nodes

list[ Editable ]

Returns a list of Editable nodes associated with this symbol, including extended symbols.

extended_source

str

Returns the source text representation of all extended nodes.

file

SourceFile

The file object that this Editable instance belongs to.

filepath

str

The file path of the file that this Editable instance belongs to.

full_name

str | None

Returns the full name of the object, including the namespace path.

function_calls

list[ FunctionCall ]

Gets all function calls within the function and its parameters.

function_signature

str

Returns the signature of the function as a string.

inferred_return_type

str | None

Gets the inferred type of the function from the language's native language engine / compiler.

inline_comment

CommentGroup | None

Returns the inline comment group associated with the symbol, if any.

is_async

bool

Returns True if the function is asynchronous.

is_constructor

bool

Determines if the current function is a constructor method.

is_decorated

bool

Check if the symbol has decorators.

is_magic

bool

Returns True if function is a magic method.

is_method

bool

Returns whether the function is a method of a class.

is_overload

bool

Indicates whether the function is an overloaded function in a multi-function definition.

is_private

bool

Determines if a function has a private access modifier.

is_property

bool

Returns whether this function is a property.

name

str | None

Retrieves the base name of the object without namespace prefixes.

nested_functions

list[ Function ]

Returns a list of nested functions defined within this function's code block.

parameters

SymbolGroup [ Parameter , Function ] | list[ Parameter ]

Retrieves all parameters of a callable symbol.

parent

Editable

The parent node of this Editable instance.

parent_class

Class | None

Find the class this node is contained in

parent_function

Function | None

Find the function this node is contained in

parent_statement

Statement | None

Find the statement this node is contained in

resolved_value

Expression | list[ Expression ]

Returns the resolved type of an Expression.

return_statements

list[ ReturnStatement ]

Returns a list of all return statements within this function's body.

return_type

Type | Placeholder [ Function ]

The type of value returned by the callable, or a placeholder.

source

str

Returns the source code of the symbol.

symbol_type

The type of symbol, set to SymbolType.Function.

type_parameters

TypeParameters[ Type , Function ] | None

The type parameters of the symbol, if any.

variable_usages

list[ Editable ]

Returns Editables for all TreeSitter node instances of variable usages within this node's

Methods

add_comment

Adds a comment to the symbol.

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Parameters

comment

str

required

The comment text to add.

Returns

None

add_decorator

Adds a decorator to a function or method.

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Parameters

new_decorator

str

required

The decorator to add, including the '@' symbol.

skip_if_exists

bool, optional

default:False

If True, skips adding if the decorator exists.

Returns

bool

True if the decorator was added, False if skipped.

add_keyword

Insert a keyword in the appropriate place before this symbol if it doesn’t already exist.

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Parameters

keyword

str

required

The keyword to be inserted. Must be a valid keyword in the language context.

Returns

None

add_statements

Adds statements to the end of a function body.

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Parameters

lines

str

required

The lines of code to be added at the end of the function body.

Returns

None

ancestors

Find all ancestors of the node of the given type. Does not return itself

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Returns

list[ Editable ]

asyncify

Modifies the function to be asynchronous.

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Returns

None

dependencies

Returns a list of symbols that this symbol depends on.

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Parameters

usage_types

UsageType | None

default:UsageType.DIRECT

The types of dependencies to search for. Defaults to UsageType.DIRECT.

max_depth

int | None

default:None

Maximum depth to traverse in the dependency graph. If provided, will recursively collect

Returns

list[Union[ Symbol , Import ]]

A list of symbols and imports that this symbol depends on, sorted by file location.

edit

Replace the source of this node with new_src.

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The new source code to replace the current source with.

fix_indentation

bool

default:False

If True, adjusts the indentation of new_src to match the current text's indentation. Defaults to False.

priority

int

default:0

The priority of this edit. Higher priority edits take precedence. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool

default:True

If True, prevents duplicate edits. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

find

Find and return matching nodes or substrings within an Editable instance.

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Parameters

strings_to_match

Union[list[str], str]

required

One or more strings to search for.

exact

bool

default:False

If True, only return nodes whose source exactly matches one of the strings_to_match.

Returns

list[ Editable ]

A list of Editable instances that match the search criteria.

find_string_literals

Returns a list of string literals within this node’s source that match any of the given

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Parameters

strings_to_match

list[str]

required

A list of strings to search for in string literals.

fuzzy_match

bool

default:False

If True, matches substrings within string literals. If False, only matches exact strings. Defaults to False.

Returns

list[ Editable [ Function ]]

A list of Editable objects representing the matching string literals.

flag

Adds a visual flag comment to the end of this Editable’s source text.

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Returns

CodeFlag[ Function ]

get_name

Returns the name node of the object.

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Returns

Name | ChainedAttribute | None

The name node of the object. Can be a Name node for simple names, a ChainedAttribute for names with namespaces (e.g., a.b), or None if the object has no name.

get_parameter

Gets a specific parameter from the callable’s parameters list by name.

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Parameters

name

str

required

The name of the parameter to retrieve.

Returns

Parameter | None

The parameter with the specified name, or None if no parameter with that name exists or if there are no parameters.

get_parameter_by_index

Returns the parameter at the given index.

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Parameters

index

int

required

The index of the parameter to retrieve.

Returns

Parameter | None

The parameter at the specified index, or None if the parameter list is empty or the index does not exist.

get_parameter_by_type

Retrieves a parameter from the callable by its type.

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Parameters

type

Symbol

required

The type to search for.

Returns

Parameter | None

The parameter with the specified type, or None if no parameter is found or if the callable has no parameters.

get_variable_usages

Returns Editables for all TreeSitter nodes corresponding to instances of variable usage

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Parameters

var_name

str

required

The variable name to search for.

fuzzy_match

bool

default:False

If True, matches variables where var_name is a substring. If False, requires exact match. Defaults to False.

Returns

Sequence[ Editable [ Function ]]

List of Editable objects representing variable usage nodes matching the given name.

insert_after

Inserts code after this node.

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The source code to insert after this node.

fix_indentation

bool, optional

default:False

Whether to adjust the indentation of new_src to match the current node. Defaults to False.

newline

bool, optional

default:True

Whether to add a newline before the new_src. Defaults to True.

priority

int, optional

default:0

Priority of the insertion transaction. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool, optional

default:True

Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

insert_before

Inserts text before the current symbol node in the Abstract Syntax Tree.

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The source code text to insert.

fix_indentation

bool

default:False

Whether to adjust the indentation of new_src to match current text. Defaults to False.

newline

bool

default:True

Whether to add a newline after insertion. Defaults to True.

priority

int

default:0

Priority of this edit operation. Higher priority edits are applied first. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool

default:True

Whether to remove duplicate insertions. Defaults to True.

extended

bool

default:True

Whether to insert before extended nodes like comments and decorators. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

insert_statements

Inserts lines of code into the function body at the specified index.

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Parameters

lines

str

required

The code lines to insert into the function body.

index

int, optional

default:0

The position in the function body where the lines should be inserted. Defaults to 0.

Returns

None

is_child_of

Checks if this node is a descendant of the given editable instance in the AST.

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Returns

bool

is_wrapped_in

Check if this node is contained another node of the given class

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Returns

bool

move_to_file

Moves the given symbol to a new file and updates its imports and references.

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Parameters

file

SourceFile

required

The destination file to move the symbol to.

include_dependencies

bool

default:True

If True, moves all dependencies of the symbol to the new file. If False, adds imports for the dependencies. Defaults to True.

strategy

str

default:"update_all_imports"

The strategy to use for updating imports. Can be either 'add_back_edge' or 'update_all_imports'. Defaults to 'update_all_imports'.

Returns

None

parent_of_type

Find the first ancestor of the node of the given type. Does not return itself

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Returns

Editable | None

parent_of_types

Find the first ancestor of the node of the given type. Does not return itself

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Returns

Editable | None

prepend_statements

Prepends the provided code to the beginning of the function body.

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Parameters

lines

str

required

The code to be prepended to the function body.

Returns

None

reduce_condition

Reduces an editable to the following condition

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Returns

None

remove

Deletes this Node and its related extended nodes (e.g. decorators, comments).

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Parameters

delete_formatting

bool

default:True

Whether to delete surrounding whitespace and formatting. Defaults to True.

priority

int

default:0

Priority of the removal transaction. Higher priority transactions are executed first. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool

default:True

Whether to deduplicate removal transactions at the same location. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

rename

Renames a symbol and updates all its references in the codebase.

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Parameters

new_name

str

required

The new name for the symbol.

priority

int

default:0

Priority of the edit operation. Defaults to 0.

Returns

tuple[NodeId, NodeId]

A tuple containing the file node ID and the new node ID of the renamed symbol.

rename_local_variable

Renames a local variable and all its usages within a function body.

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Parameters

old_var_name

str

required

The current name of the local variable to be renamed.

new_var_name

str

required

The new name to give to the local variable.

fuzzy_match

bool, optional

default:False

If True, matches variable names that contain old_var_name. Defaults to False.

Returns

None

The method modifies the AST in place.

replace

Search and replace occurrences of text within this node’s source and its extended nodes.

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Parameters

old

str

required

The text or pattern to search for.

new

str

required

The text to replace matches with.

count

int, optional

default:-1

Maximum number of replacements to make. Defaults to -1 (replace all).

is_regex

bool, optional

default:False

Whether to treat 'old' as a regex pattern. Defaults to False.

priority

int, optional

default:0

Priority of the replacement operation. Defaults to 0.

Returns

int

The total number of replacements made.

search

Returns a list of all regex match of regex_pattern, similar to python’s re.search().

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Parameters

regex_pattern

str

required

The regular expression pattern to search for.

include_strings

bool

default:True

When False, excludes the contents of string literals from the search. Defaults to True.

include_comments

bool

default:True

When False, excludes the contents of comments from the search. Defaults to True.

Returns

list[ Editable ]

A list of Editable objects corresponding to the matches found.

set_comment

Sets a comment to the symbol.

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Parameters

comment

str

required

The comment text to set.

Returns

None

set_docstring

Sets or updates the docstring for the current entity.

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Parameters

docstring

str

required

The new docstring content to set.

Returns

None

This method doesn't return anything.

set_inline_comment

Sets an inline comment to the symbol.

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Parameters

comment

str

required

The text of the inline comment to be added or updated.

Returns

None

set_name

Sets the name of a code element.

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Parameters

name

str

required

The new name to set for the object.

Returns

None

set_return_type

Sets the return type annotation for the function.

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Parameters

new_return_type

str

required

The new return type annotation to be set. Use an empty string to remove

Returns

None

symbol_usages

Returns a list of symbols that use or import the exportable object.

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Parameters

usage_types

UsageType | None

default:None

The types of usages to search for. Defaults to any.

Returns

list[ Import | Symbol | TSExport ]

A list of symbols that use or import the exportable object.

usages

Returns a list of usages of the exportable object.

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Parameters

usage_types

UsageType | None

default:None

Specifies which types of usages to include in the results. Default is any usages.

Returns

list[ Usage ]

A sorted list of Usage objects representing where this exportable is used, ordered by source location in reverse.

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