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Inherits from

Usable, Importable, Expression, HasName, Editable

Attributes

call_sites

list[ FunctionCall ]

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

dependencies

list[Union[ Symbol , Import ]]

Returns a list of symbols that this symbol depends on.

extended

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

extended_source

str

Returns the source text representation of all extended nodes.

file

The file object that this Editable instance belongs to.

file_node_id

NodeId

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 ]

Returns a list of all function calls contained within this expression.

name

str | None

Retrieves the base name of the object without namespace prefixes.

node_type

NodeType

parameters

Retrieves all parameters of a callable symbol.

parent

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

Returns the resolved type of an Expression.

return_type

source

str

Text representation of the Editable instance.

ts_node

TSNode

variable_usages

list[ Editable ]

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

Methods

ancestors

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

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Returns

list[ Editable ]

edit

Replace the source of this Editable with new_src.

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Parameters

new_src
str
required

The new source text to replace the current text with.

fix_indentation
bool
default:False

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

priority
int
default:0

The priority of the edit transaction. Higher priority edits are applied first. Defaults to 0.

dedupe
bool
default:True

If True, deduplicates identical transactions. 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 ]

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[ Callable ]

get_name

Returns the name node of the object.

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Returns

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
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

list[ Editable ]

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 this node’s source with optional indentation and newline handling.

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Parameters

new_src
str
required

The text to insert before this node.

fix_indentation
bool
default:False

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

newline
bool
default:True

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

priority
int
default:0

Transaction priority for managing multiple edits. Defaults to 0.

dedupe
bool
default:True

Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

is_wrapped_in

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

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Returns

bool

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

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.

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.

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_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

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 | Export ]

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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