Calling a function of a module from a string with the function\'s name in Python

Assuming module foo with method bar:

import foo
methodToCall = getattr(foo,'bar')
result = methodToCall()

As far as that goes, lines 2 and 3 can be compressed to:

result = getattr(foo,'bar')()

if that makes more sense for your use case. You can use getattr in this fashion on class instance bound methods, module-level methods, class methods... the list goes on.