A fast, convenient way to access Python reference docs.

Quickly jump to the official documentation for Python standard library modules and popular packages by using a simple URL pattern:

Examples

• pyref.dev/json
• pyref.dev/pathlib.Path
• pyref.dev/datetime.datetime.strftime
• pyref.dev/numpy.array

You can also search symbols

Browser custom search engines

For even fastest lookups, add pyref.dev as a custom search engine in your browser. Use https://pyref.dev/%s as the URL with %s in place of the query. Then you can type a shortcut (e.g., py), <SPACE>, SYMBOL in your address bar to quickly jump to the documentation. If you use Chrome, see instructions on setting up custom search engines.

Here are more advanced URL patterns:

• https://pyref.dev/is?symbol=%s: Search for a symbol across all packages
• https://pyref.dev/is?lucky=1&symbol=%s: Immediately navigate to first result
• https://pyref.dev/is?lucky=1&package=python&symbol=%s: Search only the standard library and navigate to first result

Supported packages