Add get_tick_params().

Author: stefmolin

lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py

@@ -3400,6 +3400,23 @@ def tick_params(self, axis='both', **kwargs):
             ykw.pop('labelbottom', None)
             self.yaxis.set_tick_params(**ykw)
 
+    def get_tick_params(self, axis, which='major'):
+        """
+        Get the appearance of ticks, tick labels, and gridlines.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        axis : {'x', 'y'}
+            The axis to which the parameters are applied.
+        which : {'major', 'minor'}, default: 'major'
+            The group of ticks to which the parameters are applied.
+
+        """
+        _api.check_in_list(['x', 'y'], axis=axis)
+        if axis == 'x':
+            return self.xaxis.get_tick_params(which=which)
+        return self.yaxis.get_tick_params(which=which)
+
     def set_axis_off(self):
         """
         Turn the x- and y-axis off.

lib/matplotlib/axis.py

@@ -973,6 +973,18 @@ def set_tick_params(self, which='major', reset=False, **kwargs):
 
         self.stale = True
 
+    def get_tick_params(self, which='major'):
+        """
+        Get appearance parameters for ticks, ticklabels, and gridlines.
+
+        For documentation of keyword arguments, see
+        :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_tick_params`.
+        """
+        _api.check_in_list(['major', 'minor'], which=which)
+        if which == 'major':
+            return self._major_tick_kw
+        return self._minor_tick_kw
+
     @staticmethod
     def _translate_tick_params(kw):
         """