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MILC Objects

class MILC(object)

MILC - An Opinionated Batteries Included Framework

__init__

def __init__(name, version, author, logger=None)

Initialize the MILC object.

echo

def echo(text, *args, **kwargs)

Print colorized text to stdout.

ANSI color strings (such as {fg_blue}) will be converted into ANSI escape sequences, and the ANSI reset sequence will be added to all strings.

If args or *kwargs are passed they will be used to %-format the strings.

run

def run(command,
        capture_output=True,
        combined_output=False,
        text=True,
        **kwargs)

Run a command using subprocess.run, but using some different defaults.

Unlike subprocess.run you must supply a sequence of arguments. You can use shlex.split() to build this from a string.

The **kwargs arguments get passed directly to subprocess.run.

Arguments:

command A sequence where the first item is the command to run, and any remaining items are arguments to pass.

capture_output Set to False to have output written to the terminal instead of being available in the returned subprocess.CompletedProcess instance.

combined_output When true STDERR will be written to STDOUT. Equivalent to the shell construct 2>&1.

text Set to False to disable encoding and get bytes() from .stdout and .stderr.

initialize_argparse

def initialize_argparse()

Prepare to process arguments from sys.argv.

def print_help(*args, **kwargs)

Print a help message for the main program or subcommand, depending on context.

def print_usage(*args, **kwargs)

Print brief description of how the main program or subcommand is invoked, depending on context.

log_deprecated_warning

def log_deprecated_warning(item_type, name, reason)

Logs a warning with a custom message if a argument or command is deprecated.

add_argument

def add_argument(*args, **kwargs)

Wrapper to add arguments and track whether they were passed on the command line.

initialize_logging

def initialize_logging(logger)

Prepare the defaults for the logging infrastructure.

acquire_lock

def acquire_lock(blocking=True)

Acquire the MILC lock for exclusive access to properties.

release_lock

def release_lock()

Release the MILC lock.

find_config_file

@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
def find_config_file()

Locate the config file.

argument

def argument(*args, **kwargs)

Decorator to call self.add_argument or self..add_argument.

parse_args

def parse_args()

Parse the CLI args.

read_config_file

def read_config_file()

Read in the configuration file and return Configuration objects for it and the config_source.

initialize_config

def initialize_config()

Read in the configuration file and store it in self.config.

merge_args_into_config

def merge_args_into_config()

Merge CLI arguments into self.config to create the runtime configuration.

write_config_option

def write_config_option(section, option)

Save a single config option to the config file.

save_config

def save_config()

Save the current configuration to the config file.

__call__

def __call__()

Execute the entrypoint function.

entrypoint

def entrypoint(description, deprecated=None)

Decorator that marks the entrypoint used when a subcommand is not supplied.

Arguments:

description A one-line description to display in --help

deprecated Deprecation message. When set the subcommand will marked as deprecated and this message will be displayed in the help output.

add_subcommand

def add_subcommand(handler,
                   description,
                   hidden=False,
                   deprecated=None,
                   **kwargs)

Register a subcommand.

Arguments:

handler The function to exececute for this subcommand.

description A one-line description to display in --help

hidden When True don't display this command in --help

deprecated Deprecation message. When set the subcommand will be marked as deprecated and this message will be displayed in help output.

subcommand

def subcommand(description, hidden=False, **kwargs)

Decorator to register a subcommand.

Arguments:

description A one-line description to display in --help

hidden When True don't display this command in --help

setup_logging

def setup_logging()

Called by enter() to setup the logging configuration.

is_spinner

def is_spinner(name)

Returns true if name is a valid spinner.

add_spinner

def add_spinner(name, spinner)

Adds a new spinner to the list of spinners.

A spinner is a dictionary with two keys:

interval
    An integer that sets how long (in ms) to wait between frames.

frames
    A list of frames for this spinner

spinner

def spinner(text,
            *args,
            spinner=None,
            animation='ellipsed',
            placement='left',
            color='blue',
            interval=-1,
            stream=sys.stdout,
            enabled=True,
            **kwargs)

Create a spinner object for showing activity to the user.

This uses halo https://github.com/ManrajGrover/halo behind the scenes, most of the arguments map to Halo objects 1:1.

There are 3 basic ways to use this:

  • Instantiating a spinner and then using .start() and .stop() on your object.
  • Using a context manager (with cli.spinner(...):)
  • Decorate a function (@cli.spinner(...))

Instantiating a spinner

spinner = cli.spinner(text='Loading', spinner='dots')
spinner.start()

# Do something here

spinner.stop()

Using a context manager

with cli.spinner(text='Loading', spinner='dots'):
    # Do something here

Decorate a function

@cli.spinner(text='Loading', spinner='dots')
def long_running_function():
    # Do something here

Arguments

text
    The text to display next to the spinner. ANSI color strings
    (such as {fg_blue}) will be converted into ANSI escape
    sequences, and the ANSI reset sequence will be added to the
    end of the string.

    If *args or **kwargs are passed they will be used to
    %-format the text.

spinner
    The name of the spinner to use. Available names are here:
    <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners/dac4fc6571059bb9e9bc204711e9dfe8f72e5c6f/spinners.json>

animation
    The animation to apply to the text if it doesn't fit the
    terminal. One of `ellipsed`, `bounce`, `marquee`.

placement
    Which side of the text to display the spinner on. One of
    `left`, `right`.

color
    Color of the spinner. One of `blue`, `grey`, `red`, `green`,
    `yellow`, `magenta`, `cyan`, `white`

interval
    How long in ms to wait between frames. Defaults to the spinner interval (recommended.)

stream
    Stream to write the output. Defaults to sys.stdout.

enabled
    Enable or disable the spinner. Defaults to `True`.