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Flake8 API
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.. module:: flake8

flake8.engine
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.. autofunction:: flake8.engine.get_parser

.. autofunction:: flake8.engine.get_style_guide

flake8.hooks
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.. autofunction:: flake8.hooks.git_hook

.. autofunction:: flake8.hooks.hg_hook

flake8.main
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.. autofunction:: flake8.main.main

.. autofunction:: flake8.main.check_file

.. autofunction:: flake8.main.check_code

.. autoclass:: flake8.main.Flake8Command

flake8.util
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For AST checkers, this module has the ``iter_child_nodes`` function and
handles compatibility for all versions of Python between 2.5 and 3.3. The
function was added to the ``ast`` module in Python 2.6 but is redefined in the
case where the user is running Python 2.5