Tip: Spawn an interactive Python Shell anywhere in your code

This is post is a collection of useful commands I always have to google for whenever I play around with new APIs/libraries. Having an interactive shell to explore is incredibly helpful.

So how do I spawn one anywhere in my code?

Well, either spawn a python shell (like when running python)

import code
code.interact(local=locals())

Or just spawn pdb if you actually want to step through the following code.

import pdb
pdb.set_trace()

Or just run your whole script and then get dropped into the usual python shell (including anything declared in the script), run it with:

python -i script.py

Or if you like to have a helpful python shell (requires ipython to be available):

from IPython import embed
embed()

or if the current context already is running in an asyncio eventloop:

from IPython import embed
import nest_asyncio
nest_asyncio.apply()
embed(using="asyncio")