How to get Python interactive console in current namespace?

For debug I usually use this

from pdb import set_trace; set_trace()

it may help

Try:

code.interact(local=locals())

Another way is to start the debugger, and then run interact:

import pdb
pdb.set_trace()

Then from the debugger:

(Pdb) help interact
interact

        Start an interactive interpreter whose global namespace
        contains all the (global and local) names found in the current scope.
(Pdb) interact
*interactive*
>>>