labthings_fastapi.utilities.object_reference_to_object
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.. py:module:: labthings_fastapi.utilities.object_reference_to_object

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   Load objects from object references.



Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   labthings_fastapi.utilities.object_reference_to_object.object_reference_to_object


Module Contents
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.. py:function:: object_reference_to_object(object_reference: str) -> Any

   Convert a string reference to an object.

   This is taken from:
   https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/entry-points/

   The format of the string is `module_name:qualname` where `qualname`
   is the fully qualified name of the object within the module. This is
   the same format used by entrypoints` in `setup.py` files.

   :param object_reference: a string referencing a Python object to import.

   :return: the Python object.

   :raise ImportError: if the referenced object cannot be found or imported.