http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/embedded_image-appengine/2008-10-15T01:27:26-07:00ActiveState Code Recipes2008-10-15T01:27:26-07:00Andre Robergehttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/2467063/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576538-viewing-embedded-pictures-within-docstrings/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 576538 by <a href="/recipes/users/2467063/">Andre Roberge</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/docstring/">docstring</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/embedded_image/">embedded_image</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/viewer/">viewer</a>). </p> <p>Python docstrings are textual information about objects. They can be displayed via help(obj). However, they can not contain images. This recipe allows the inclusion of images (encoded in base 64 in the Python file) inside docstrings in a transparent way. The images are indicated as "docpicture = file_name.ext" inside the docstring, and the encoded data is in variable "file_name" inside the same module.</p>