Different approach for finding base path.

scripts/generate_json_docs.py

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import json
 import os
 import shutil
-import sys
 import types
 
 import pdoc
@@ -47,17 +46,14 @@ def __init__(self, module_id, name, description=None,
     def from_module_name(cls, name, base_path):
         module = pdoc.Module(pdoc.import_module(name), allsubmodules=True)
         methods = module.functions() + module.variables()
-
-        mod = __import__(name)
-
         examples = []
 
         if '__init__' in name:
             snippets = get_snippet_examples(name.split('.')[1],
                                             os.path.join(base_path, 'docs'))
             examples.extend(snippets)
 
-        source_path = clean_source_path(inspect.getsourcefile(mod))
+        source_path = clean_source_path(module)
 
         return cls(module_id=name,
                    name=name.split('.')[-1].title(),
@@ -91,8 +87,7 @@ def from_class_name(cls, module, kls):
         methods = kls.methods()
 
         examples = []
-        source_module = __import__(module.name)
-        source_path = clean_source_path(inspect.getsourcefile(source_module))
+        source_path = clean_source_path(module)
 
         return cls(module_id=kls.name,
                    name=kls.name.split('.')[-1].title(),
@@ -108,7 +103,7 @@ def to_dict(self):
                 'description': format_sphinx_doc(self.description),
                 'examples': self.examples,
                 'methods': [m.to_dict() for m in self.methods],
-                'source': self.source}
+                'source': '%s' % self.source}
 
 
 class Method(object):
@@ -260,14 +255,14 @@ def build_link_from_type(type_name, object_type=None):
     return type_markup
 
 
-def build_source(mod, method):
-    if isinstance(mod, (types.ModuleType, types.ClassType,
-                        types.MethodType, types.FunctionType,
-                        types.TracebackType, types.FrameType,
-                        types.CodeType, types.TypeType)):
+def build_source(module, method):
+    if isinstance(module, (types.ModuleType, types.ClassType,
+                           types.MethodType, types.FunctionType,
+                           types.TracebackType, types.FrameType,
+                           types.CodeType, types.TypeType)):
 
-        line = inspect.getsourcelines(mod)[1]
-        source_path = clean_source_path(inspect.getsourcefile(mod))
+        line = inspect.getsourcelines(module)[1]
+        source_path = clean_source_path(module)
 
         if line:
             source_path = source_path + '#L' + str(line)
@@ -295,15 +290,14 @@ def build_type(type_id, title, contents):
     }
 
 
-def clean_source_path(source):
-
-    for path in sys.path:
-        source = source.replace(path, '')
-
-    if ABSOLUTE_LIBRARY_PATH in source:
-        source = source.replace(ABSOLUTE_LIBRARY_PATH, source)
-
-    return source[1:]
+def clean_source_path(module):
+    if isinstance(module, str):
+        source_id = module
+    elif hasattr(module, 'refname'):
+        source_id = module.refname
+    else:
+        source_id = inspect.getmodule(module).__name__
+    return '%s.py' % source_id.replace('.', '/')
 
 
 def process_code_blocks(doc):