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Setup / utilities which most projects eventually need
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sarugaku/vistir
- Owner: sarugaku
- License: isc
- Created: 2018-08-10T07:53:35.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-03-04T07:57:47.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-12-08T13:54:51.987Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: development, miscellaneous-utilities, setup, tools, utilities
- Language: Python
- Size: 1.31 MB
- Stars: 36
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 13
- Open Issues: 0
-
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.rst
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.rst
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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vistir: Setup / utilities which most projects eventually need
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🐉 Installation
=================
Install from `PyPI`_:
::
$ pipenv install vistir
Install from `Github`_:
::
$ pipenv install -e git+https://github.com/sarugaku/vistir.git#egg=vistir
.. _PyPI: https://www.pypi.org/project/vistir
.. _Github: https://github.com/sarugaku/vistir
.. _`Summary`:
🐉 Summary
===========
**vistir** is a library full of utility functions designed to make life easier. Here are
some of the places where these functions are used:
* `pipenv`_
* `requirementslib`_
* `pip-tools`_
* `passa`_
* `pythonfinder`_
.. _passa: https://github.com/sarugaku/passa
.. _pipenv: https://github.com/pypa/pipenv
.. _pip-tools: https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools
.. _requirementslib: https://github.com/sarugaku/requirementslib
.. _pythonfinder: https://github.com/sarugaku/pythonfinder
.. _`Usage`:
🐉 Usage
==========
Importing a utility
--------------------
You can import utilities directly from **vistir**:
.. code:: python
from vistir import cd
with cd('/path/to/somedir'):
do_stuff_in('somedir')
.. _`Functionality`:
🐉 Functionality
==================
**vistir** provides several categories of functionality, including:
* Compatibility Shims
* Context Managers
* Miscellaneous Utilities
* Path Utilities
🐉 Context Managers
--------------------
**vistir** provides the following context managers as utility contexts:
* ``vistir.contextmanagers.atomic_open_for_write``
* ``vistir.contextmanagers.cd``
* ``vistir.contextmanagers.open_file``
* ``vistir.contextmanagers.replaced_stream``
* ``vistir.contextmanagers.replaced_streams``
* ``vistir.contextmanagers.temp_environ``
* ``vistir.contextmanagers.temp_path``
.. _`atomic_open_for_write`:
**atomic_open_for_write**
///////////////////////////
This context manager ensures that a file only gets overwritten if the contents can be
successfully written in its place. If you open a file for writing and then fail in the
middle under normal circumstances, your original file is already gone.
.. code:: python
>>> fn = "test_file.txt"
>>> with open(fn, "w") as fh:
fh.write("this is some test text")
>>> read_test_file()
this is some test text
>>> def raise_exception_while_writing(filename):
with vistir.contextmanagers.atomic_open_for_write(filename) as fh:
fh.write("Overwriting all the text from before with even newer text")
raise RuntimeError("But did it get overwritten now?")
>>> raise_exception_while_writing(fn)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
RuntimeError: But did it get overwritten now?
>>> read_test_file()
this is some test text
.. _`cd`:
**cd**
///////
A context manager for temporarily changing the working directory.
.. code:: python
>>> os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
'/tmp/test'
>>> with vistir.contextmanagers.cd('/tmp/vistir_test'):
print(os.path.abspath(os.curdir))
/tmp/vistir_test
.. _`open_file`:
**open_file**
///////////////
A context manager for streaming file contents, either local or remote. It is recommended
to pair this with an iterator which employs a sensible chunk size.
.. code:: python
>>> filecontents = b""
with vistir.contextmanagers.open_file("https://norvig.com/big.txt") as fp:
for chunk in iter(lambda: fp.read(16384), b""):
filecontents.append(chunk)
>>> import io
>>> import shutil
>>> filecontents = io.BytesIO(b"")
>>> with vistir.contextmanagers.open_file("https://norvig.com/big.txt") as fp:
shutil.copyfileobj(fp, filecontents)
**replaced_stream**
////////////////////
.. _`replaced_stream`:
A context manager to temporarily swap out *stream_name* with a stream wrapper. This will
capture the stream output and prevent it from being written as normal.
.. code-block:: python
>>> orig_stdout = sys.stdout
>>> with replaced_stream("stdout") as stdout:
... sys.stdout.write("hello")
... assert stdout.getvalue() == "hello"
... assert orig_stdout.getvalue() != "hello"
>>> sys.stdout.write("hello")
'hello'
.. _`replaced_streams`:
**replaced_streams**
/////////////////////
Temporarily replaces both *sys.stdout* and *sys.stderr* and captures anything written
to these respective targets.
.. code-block:: python
>>> import sys
>>> with vistir.contextmanagers.replaced_streams() as streams:
>>> stdout, stderr = streams
>>> sys.stderr.write("test")
>>> sys.stdout.write("hello")
>>> assert stdout.getvalue() == "hello"
>>> assert stderr.getvalue() == "test"
>>> stdout.getvalue()
'hello'
>>> stderr.getvalue()
'test'
.. _`spinner`:
**spinner**
////////////
A context manager for wrapping some actions with a threaded, interrupt-safe spinner. The
spinner is fully compatible with all terminals (you can use ``bouncingBar`` on non-utf8
terminals) and will allow you to update the text of the spinner itself by simply setting
``spinner.text`` or write lines to the screen above the spinner by using
``spinner.write(line)``. Success text can be indicated using ``spinner.ok("Text")`` and
failure text can be indicated with ``spinner.fail("Fail text")``.
.. code:: python
>>> lines = ["a", "b"]
>>> with vistir.contextmanagers.spinner(spinner_name="dots", text="Running...", handler_map={}, nospin=False) as sp:
for line in lines:
sp.write(line + "\n")
while some_variable = some_queue.pop():
sp.text = "Consuming item: %s" % some_variable
if success_condition:
sp.ok("Succeeded!")
else:
sp.fail("Failed!")
.. _`temp_environ`:
**temp_environ**
/////////////////
Sets a temporary environment context to freely manipulate ``os.environ`` which will
be reset upon exiting the context.
.. code:: python
>>> os.environ['MY_KEY'] = "test"
>>> os.environ['MY_KEY']
'test'
>>> with vistir.contextmanagers.temp_environ():
os.environ['MY_KEY'] = "another thing"
print("New key: %s" % os.environ['MY_KEY'])
New key: another thing
>>> os.environ['MY_KEY']
'test'
.. _`temp_path`:
**temp_path**
//////////////
Sets a temporary environment context to freely manipulate ``sys.path`` which will
be reset upon exiting the context.
.. code:: python
>>> path_from_virtualenv = load_path("/path/to/venv/bin/python")
>>> print(sys.path)
['/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/bin', '/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python37.zip', '/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7', '/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7/lib-dynload', '/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7/site-packages']
>>> with temp_path():
sys.path = path_from_virtualenv
# Running in the context of the path above
run(["pip", "install", "stuff"])
>>> print(sys.path)
['/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/bin', '/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python37.zip', '/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7', '/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7/lib-dynload', '/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7/site-packages']
🐉 Cursor Utilities
--------------------------
The following Cursor utilities are available to manipulate the console cursor:
* ``vistir.cursor.hide_cursor``
* ``vistir.cursor.show_cursor``
.. _`hide_cursor`:
**hide_cursor**
/////////////////
Hide the console cursor in the given stream.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.cursor.hide_cursor(stream=sys.stdout)
.. _`show_cursor`:
**show_cursor**
/////////////////
Show the console cursor in the given stream.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.cursor.show_cursor(stream=sys.stdout)
🐉 Miscellaneous Utilities
--------------------------
The following Miscellaneous utilities are available as helper methods:
* ``vistir.misc.shell_escape``
* ``vistir.misc.unnest``
* ``vistir.misc.run``
* ``vistir.misc.load_path``
* ``vistir.misc.partialclass``
* ``vistir.misc.to_text``
* ``vistir.misc.to_bytes``
* ``vistir.misc.take``
* ``vistir.misc.decode_for_output``
* ``vistir.misc.get_canonical_encoding_name``
* ``vistir.misc.get_wrapped_stream``
* ``vistir.misc.StreamWrapper``
* ``vistir.misc.get_text_stream``
* ``vistir.misc.replace_with_text_stream``
* ``vistir.misc.get_text_stdin``
* ``vistir.misc.get_text_stdout``
* ``vistir.misc.get_text_stderr``
* ``vistir.misc.echo``
.. _`shell_escape`:
**shell_escape**
/////////////////
Escapes a string for use as shell input when passing *shell=True* to ``os.Popen``.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.misc.shell_escape("/tmp/test/test script.py hello")
'/tmp/test/test script.py hello'
.. _`unnest`:
**unnest**
///////////
Unnests nested iterables into a flattened one.
.. code:: python
>>> nested_iterable = (1234, (3456, 4398345, (234234)), (2396, (23895750, 9283798, 29384, (289375983275, 293759, 2347, (2098, 7987, 27599)))))
>>> list(vistir.misc.unnest(nested_iterable))
[1234, 3456, 4398345, 234234, 2396, 23895750, 9283798, 29384, 289375983275, 293759, 2347, 2098, 7987, 27599]
.. _`dedup`:
**dedup**
//////////
Deduplicates an iterable (like a ``set``, but preserving order).
.. code:: python
>>> iterable = ["repeatedval", "uniqueval", "repeatedval", "anotherval", "somethingelse"]
>>> list(vistir.misc.dedup(iterable))
['repeatedval', 'uniqueval', 'anotherval', 'somethingelse']
.. _`run`:
**run**
////////
Runs the given command using ``subprocess.Popen`` and passing sane defaults.
.. code:: python
>>> out, err = vistir.run(["cat", "/proc/version"])
>>> out
'Linux version 4.15.0-27-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-044) (gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3)) #29-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 11 08:21:57 UTC 2018'
.. _`load_path`:
**load_path**
//////////////
Load the ``sys.path`` from the given python executable's environment as json.
.. code:: python
>>> load_path("/home/user/.virtualenvs/requirementslib-5MhGuG3C/bin/python")
['', '/home/user/.virtualenvs/requirementslib-5MhGuG3C/lib/python37.zip', '/home/user/.virtualenvs/requirementslib-5MhGuG3C/lib/python3.7', '/home/user/.virtualenvs/requirementslib-5MhGuG3C/lib/python3.7/lib-dynload', '/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0/lib/python3.7', '/home/user/.virtualenvs/requirementslib-5MhGuG3C/lib/python3.7/site-packages', '/home/user/git/requirementslib/src']
.. _`partialclass`:
**partialclass**
/////////////////
Create a partially instantiated class.
.. code:: python
>>> source = partialclass(Source, url="https://pypi.org/simple")
>>> new_source = source(name="pypi")
>>> new_source
<__main__.Source object at 0x7f23af189b38>
>>> new_source.__dict__
{'url': 'https://pypi.org/simple', 'verify_ssl': True, 'name': 'pypi'}
.. _`to_text`:
**to_text**
////////////
Convert arbitrary text-formattable input to text while handling errors.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.misc.to_text(b"these are bytes")
'these are bytes'
.. _`to_bytes`:
**to_bytes**
/////////////
Converts arbitrary byte-convertable input to bytes while handling errors.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.misc.to_bytes("this is some text")
b'this is some text'
>>> vistir.misc.to_bytes(u"this is some text")
b'this is some text'
.. _`chunked`:
**chunked**
////////////
Splits an iterable up into groups *of the specified length*, per `more itertools`_. Returns an iterable.
This example will create groups of chunk size **5**, which means there will be *6 groups*.
.. code-block:: python
>>> chunked_iterable = vistir.misc.chunked(5, range(30))
>>> for chunk in chunked_iterable:
... add_to_some_queue(chunk)
.. _more itertools: https://more-itertools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#grouping
.. _`take`:
**take**
/////////
Take elements from the supplied iterable without consuming it.
.. code-block:: python
>>> iterable = range(30)
>>> first_10 = take(10, iterable)
>>> [i for i in first_10]
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
>>> [i for i in iterable]
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29]
.. _`divide`:
**divide**
////////////
Splits an iterable up into the *specified number of groups*, per `more itertools`_. Returns an iterable.
.. code-block:: python
>>> iterable = range(30)
>>> groups = []
>>> for grp in vistir.misc.divide(3, iterable):
... groups.append(grp)
>>> groups
[, , ]
.. _more itertools: https://more-itertools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#grouping
.. _`decode_for_output`:
**decode_for_output**
//////////////////////
Converts an arbitrary text input to output which is encoded for printing to terminal
outputs using the system preferred locale using ``locale.getpreferredencoding(False)``
with some additional hackery on linux systems.
.. _`get_canonical_encoding_name`:
**get_canonical_encoding_name**
////////////////////////////////
Given an encoding name, get the canonical name from a codec lookup.
.. code-block:: python
>>> vistir.misc.get_canonical_encoding_name("utf8")
"utf-8"
.. _`get_wrapped_stream`:
**get_wrapped_stream**
//////////////////////
Given a stream, wrap it in a `StreamWrapper` instance and return the wrapped stream.
.. code-block:: python
>>> stream = sys.stdout
>>> wrapped_stream = vistir.misc.get_wrapped_stream(sys.stdout)
>>> wrapped_stream.write("unicode\u0141")
>>> wrapped_stream.seek(0)
>>> wrapped_stream.read()
"unicode\u0141"
.. _`StreamWrapper`:
**StreamWrapper**
//////////////////
A stream wrapper and compatibility class for handling wrapping file-like stream objects
which may be used in place of ``sys.stdout`` and other streams.
.. code-block:: python
>>> wrapped_stream = vistir.misc.StreamWrapper(sys.stdout, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", line_buffering=True)
>>> wrapped_stream = vistir.misc.StreamWrapper(io.StringIO(), encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", line_buffering=True)
.. _`get_text_stream`:
**get_text_stream**
////////////////////
An implementation of the **StreamWrapper** for the purpose of wrapping **sys.stdin** or **sys.stdout**.
On Windows, this returns the appropriate handle to the requested output stream.
.. code-block:: python
>>> text_stream = vistir.misc.get_text_stream("stdout")
>>> sys.stdout = text_stream
>>> sys.stdin = vistir.misc.get_text_stream("stdin")
>>> vistir.misc.echo(u"\0499", fg="green")
ҙ
.. _`replace_with_text_stream`:
**replace_with_text_stream**
/////////////////////////////
Given a text stream name, replaces the text stream with a **StreamWrapper** instance.
.. code-block:: python
>>> vistir.misc.replace_with_text_stream("stdout")
Once invoked, the standard stream in question is replaced with the required wrapper,
turning it into a ``TextIOWrapper`` compatible stream (which ensures that unicode
characters can be written to it).
.. _`get_text_stdin`:
**get_text_stdin**
///////////////////
A helper function for calling **get_text_stream("stdin")**.
.. _`get_text_stdout`:
**get_text_stdout**
////////////////////
A helper function for calling **get_text_stream("stdout")**.
.. _`get_text_stderr`:
**get_text_stderr**
////////////////////
A helper function for calling **get_text_stream("stderr")**.
.. _`echo`:
**echo**
/////////
Writes colored, stream-compatible output to the desired handle (``sys.stdout`` by default).
.. code-block:: python
>>> vistir.misc.echo("some text", fg="green", bg="black", style="bold", err=True) # write to stderr
some text
>>> vistir.misc.echo("some other text", fg="cyan", bg="white", style="underline") # write to stdout
some other text
🐉 Path Utilities
------------------
**vistir** provides utilities for interacting with filesystem paths:
* ``vistir.path.get_converted_relative_path``
* ``vistir.path.normalize_path``
* ``vistir.path.is_in_path``
* ``vistir.path.handle_remove_readonly``
* ``vistir.path.is_file_url``
* ``vistir.path.is_readonly_path``
* ``vistir.path.is_valid_url``
* ``vistir.path.mkdir_p``
* ``vistir.path.ensure_mkdir_p``
* ``vistir.path.create_tracked_tempdir``
* ``vistir.path.create_tracked_tempfile``
* ``vistir.path.path_to_url``
* ``vistir.path.rmtree``
* ``vistir.path.safe_expandvars``
* ``vistir.path.set_write_bit``
* ``vistir.path.url_to_path``
* ``vistir.path.walk_up``
.. _`normalize_path`:
**normalize_path**
//////////////////
Return a case-normalized absolute variable-expanded path.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.path.normalize_path("~/${USER}")
/home/user/user
.. _`is_in_path`:
**is_in_path**
//////////////
Determine if the provided full path is in the given parent root.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.path.is_in_path("~/.pyenv/versions/3.7.1/bin/python", "${PYENV_ROOT}/versions")
True
.. _`get_converted_relative_path`:
**get_converted_relative_path**
////////////////////////////////
Convert the supplied path to a relative path (relative to ``os.curdir``)
.. code:: python
>>> os.chdir('/home/user/code/myrepo/myfolder')
>>> vistir.path.get_converted_relative_path('/home/user/code/file.zip')
'./../../file.zip'
>>> vistir.path.get_converted_relative_path('/home/user/code/myrepo/myfolder/mysubfolder')
'./mysubfolder'
>>> vistir.path.get_converted_relative_path('/home/user/code/myrepo/myfolder')
'.'
.. _`handle_remove_readonly`:
**handle_remove_readonly**
///////////////////////////
Error handler for shutil.rmtree.
Windows source repo folders are read-only by default, so this error handler attempts to
set them as writeable and then proceed with deletion.
This function will call check ``vistir.path.is_readonly_path`` before attempting to
call ``vistir.path.set_write_bit`` on the target path and try again.
.. _`is_file_url`:
**is_file_url**
////////////////
Checks whether the given url is a properly formatted ``file://`` uri.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.path.is_file_url('file:///home/user/somefile.zip')
True
>>> vistir.path.is_file_url('/home/user/somefile.zip')
False
.. _`is_readonly_path`:
**is_readonly_path**
/////////////////////
Check if a provided path exists and is readonly by checking for ``bool(path.stat & stat.S_IREAD) and not os.access(path, os.W_OK)``
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.path.is_readonly_path('/etc/passwd')
True
>>> vistir.path.is_readonly_path('/home/user/.bashrc')
False
.. _`is_valid_url`:
**is_valid_url**
/////////////////
Checks whether a URL is valid and parseable by checking for the presence of a scheme and
a netloc.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.path.is_valid_url("https://google.com")
True
>>> vistir.path.is_valid_url("/home/user/somefile")
False
.. _`mkdir_p`:
**mkdir_p**
/////////////
Recursively creates the target directory and all of its parents if they do not
already exist. Fails silently if they do.
.. code:: python
>>> os.mkdir('/tmp/test_dir')
>>> os.listdir('/tmp/test_dir')
[]
>>> vistir.path.mkdir_p('/tmp/test_dir/child/subchild/subsubchild')
>>> os.listdir('/tmp/test_dir/child/subchild')
['subsubchild']
.. _`ensure_mkdir_p`:
**ensure_mkdir_p**
///////////////////
A decorator which ensures that the caller function's return value is created as a
directory on the filesystem.
.. code:: python
>>> @ensure_mkdir_p
def return_fake_value(path):
return path
>>> return_fake_value('/tmp/test_dir')
>>> os.listdir('/tmp/test_dir')
[]
>>> return_fake_value('/tmp/test_dir/child/subchild/subsubchild')
>>> os.listdir('/tmp/test_dir/child/subchild')
['subsubchild']
.. _`create_tracked_tempdir`:
**create_tracked_tempdir**
////////////////////////////
Creates a tracked temporary directory using ``vistir.path.TemporaryDirectory``, but does
not remove the directory when the return value goes out of scope, instead registers a
handler to cleanup on program exit.
.. code:: python
>>> temp_dir = vistir.path.create_tracked_tempdir(prefix="test_dir")
>>> assert temp_dir.startswith("test_dir")
True
>>> with vistir.path.create_tracked_tempdir(prefix="test_dir") as temp_dir:
with io.open(os.path.join(temp_dir, "test_file.txt"), "w") as fh:
fh.write("this is a test")
>>> os.listdir(temp_dir)
.. _`create_tracked_tempfile`:
**create_tracked_tempfile**
////////////////////////////
Creates a tracked temporary file using ``vistir.compat.NamedTemporaryFile``, but creates
a ``weakref.finalize`` call which will detach on garbage collection to close and delete
the file.
.. code:: python
>>> temp_file = vistir.path.create_tracked_tempfile(prefix="requirements", suffix="txt")
>>> temp_file.write("some\nstuff")
>>> exit()
.. _`path_to_url`:
**path_to_url**
////////////////
Convert the supplied local path to a file uri.
.. code:: python
>>> path_to_url("/home/user/code/myrepo/myfile.zip")
'file:///home/user/code/myrepo/myfile.zip'
.. _`rmtree`:
**rmtree**
///////////
Stand-in for ``shutil.rmtree`` with additional error-handling.
This version of `rmtree` handles read-only paths, especially in the case of index files
written by certain source control systems.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.path.rmtree('/tmp/test_dir')
>>> [d for d in os.listdir('/tmp') if 'test_dir' in d]
[]
.. note::
Setting `ignore_errors=True` may cause this to silently fail to delete the path
.. _`safe_expandvars`:
**safe_expandvars**
////////////////////
Call ``os.path.expandvars`` if value is a string, otherwise do nothing.
.. code:: python
>>> os.environ['TEST_VAR'] = "MY_TEST_VALUE"
>>> vistir.path.safe_expandvars("https://myuser:${TEST_VAR}@myfakewebsite.com")
'https://myuser:MY_TEST_VALUE@myfakewebsite.com'
.. _`set_write_bit`:
**set_write_bit**
//////////////////
Set read-write permissions for the current user on the target path. Fail silently
if the path doesn't exist.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.path.set_write_bit('/path/to/some/file')
>>> with open('/path/to/some/file', 'w') as fh:
fh.write("test text!")
.. _`url_to_path`:
**url_to_path**
////////////////
Convert a valid file url to a local filesystem path. Follows logic taken from pip.
.. code:: python
>>> vistir.path.url_to_path("file:///home/user/somefile.zip")
'/home/user/somefile.zip'