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Is it possible to have python return a list or dictionary of method arguments and their type?

For instance take cv2.threshold function. If I go to the docs webpage I can see all of the info I want, but is it possible to get this information in code? I would like to query the function cv2.threshold and have something tell me it takes the arguments [src,thresh,maxval,type[,dst]). It would be ideal if it also told me what type or class the values are:

e.g. the docs say: Python: cv2.threshold(src, thresh, maxval, type[, dst]) → retval, dst

so I want to be able to do something like:

foo.getMethods(cv2.threshold) -> {src:mat, thresh:int, maxval:int, type:built-in/[cv2. THRESH_BINARY_INV,cv2. THRESH_BINARY)]}

All of this info is in the documentation on the web page, I just want to access it to dynamically setup a codebase I am working on for a GUI.

Python: cv2.threshold(src, thresh, maxval, type[, dst]) → retval, dst Parameters:
src – input array (single-channel, 8-bit or 32-bit floating point). dst – output array of the same size and type as src. thresh – threshold value. maxval – maximum value to use with the THRESH_BINARY and THRESH_BINARY_INV thresholding types. type – thresholding type

Can I access this info without having to setup a web-scraper to pull it directly from the website?

Is it possible to have python return a list or dictionary of method arguments and their type?

For instance take cv2.threshold function. If I go to the docs webpage I can see all of the info I want, but is it possible to get this information in code? I would like to query the function cv2.threshold and have something tell me it takes the arguments [src,thresh,maxval,type[,dst]). It would be ideal if it also told me what type or class the values are:

e.g. the docs say: Python: cv2.threshold(src, thresh, maxval, type[, dst]) → retval, dst

so I want to be able to do something like:

foo.getMethods(cv2.threshold) -> {src:mat, thresh:int, maxval:int, type:built-in/[cv2. THRESH_BINARY_INV,cv2. THRESH_BINARY)]}

All of this info is in the documentation on the web page, I just want to access it to dynamically setup a codebase I am working on for a GUI.

Python: cv2.threshold(src, thresh, maxval, type[, dst]) → retval, dst Parameters:
src – input array (single-channel, 8-bit or 32-bit floating point). dst – output array of the same size and type as src. thresh – threshold value. maxval – maximum value to use with the THRESH_BINARY and THRESH_BINARY_INV thresholding types. type – thresholding type

Can I access this info without having to setup a web-scraper to pull it directly from the website?

Is it possible to have python return a list or dictionary of method arguments and their type?

For instance take cv2.threshold function. If I go to the docs webpage I can see all of the info I want, but is it possible to get this information in code? I would like to query the function cv2.threshold and have something tell me it takes the arguments [src,thresh,maxval,type[,dst]). It would be ideal if it also told me what type or class the values are:

e.g. the docs say: Python: cv2.threshold(src, thresh, maxval, type[, dst]) → retval, dst

so I want to be able to do something like:

foo.getMethods(cv2.threshold) -> {src:mat, thresh:int, maxval:int, type:built-in/[cv2. THRESH_BINARY_INV,cv2. THRESH_BINARY)]}

All of this info is in the documentation on the web page, I just want to access it to dynamically setup a codebase I am working on for a GUI.

Can I access this info without having to setup a web-scraper to pull it directly from the website?

Is it possible to have python return a list or dictionary of method arguments and their type?

For instance take cv2.threshold function. If I go to the docs webpage I can see all of the info I want, but is it possible to get this information in code? I would like to query the function cv2.threshold and have something tell me it takes the arguments [src,thresh,maxval,type[,dst]). It would be ideal if it also told me what type or class the values are:

e.g. the docs say: Python: cv2.threshold(src, thresh, maxval, type[, dst]) → retval, dst

so I want to be able to do something like:

foo.getMethods(cv2.threshold) -> {src:mat, thresh:int, maxval:int, type:built-in/[cv2. THRESH_BINARY_INV,cv2. THRESH_BINARY)]}

All of this info is in the documentation on the web page, I just want to access it to dynamically setup a codebase I am working on for a GUI.

Can I access this info without having to setup a web-scraper to pull it directly from the website?

    def guiParams(self):
    thresh = {'type':'int',
              'name':'threshold value',
              'min':0,
              'max' : 255,
              'default': 127}
    maxval = {'type':'int',
            'name':'max threshold value',
            'min':0,  
            'max' : 255,
          'default': 255}
    threshtype ={'type':'builtin',
            'name':'thresholding type',
            'options':{'THRESH_BINARY':cv2.THRESH_BINARY,
                       'THRESH_BINARY_INV':cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV,
                       'THRESH_TRUNC':cv2.THRESH_TRUNC,
                       'THRESH_TOZERO':cv2.THRESH_TOZERO,
                       'THRESH_TOZERO_INV':cv2.THRESH_TOZERO_INV},
            'default':'THRESH_BINARY'
            }
    return [thresh,maxval,threshtype]

Is it possible to have python return a list or dictionary of method arguments and their type?

For instance take cv2.threshold function. If I go to the docs webpage I can see all of the info I want, but is it possible to get this information in code? I would like to query the function cv2.threshold and have something tell me it takes the arguments [src,thresh,maxval,type[,dst]). It would be ideal if it also told me what type or class the values are:

e.g. the docs say: Python: cv2.threshold(src, thresh, maxval, type[, dst]) → retval, dst

so I want to be able to do something like:

foo.getMethods(cv2.threshold) -> {src:mat, thresh:int, maxval:int, type:built-in/[cv2. THRESH_BINARY_INV,cv2. THRESH_BINARY)]}

All of this info is in the documentation on the web page, I just want to access it to dynamically setup a codebase I am working on for a GUI.

Can I access this info without having to setup a web-scraper to pull it directly from the website?

Edit: I've uploaded a video to show exactly what I want to do.

Up to now for each function I have to manually enter its parameters which look like this:this (for cv2.threshold or Binary Threshold in the video):

    def guiParams(self):
    thresh = {'type':'int',
              'name':'threshold value',
              'min':0,
              'max' : 255,
              'default': 127}
    maxval = {'type':'int',
            'name':'max threshold value',
            'min':0,  
            'max' : 255,
          'default': 255}
    threshtype ={'type':'builtin',
            'name':'thresholding type',
            'options':{'THRESH_BINARY':cv2.THRESH_BINARY,
                       'THRESH_BINARY_INV':cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV,
                       'THRESH_TRUNC':cv2.THRESH_TRUNC,
                       'THRESH_TOZERO':cv2.THRESH_TOZERO,
                       'THRESH_TOZERO_INV':cv2.THRESH_TOZERO_INV},
            'default':'THRESH_BINARY'
            }
    return [thresh,maxval,threshtype]

This question is trying to figure out how I can get the information in these dictionaries (primarily the attribute name and type, default/typical values would be a bonus) grammatically so I can ensure the gui will work with every image processing method in the opencv Library