get_entity_type.rst

Get DXF Entity Type

The :meth:`~ezdxf.entities.DXFEntity.dxftype` method returns the entity type as defined by the DXF reference as an uppercase string.

e = msp.add_line((0, 0), (1, 0))
assert e.dxftype() == "LINE"

.. seealso::

    - `DXF Reference`_ for DXF R2018