ahk-json

This is an extension package intended to be used with the Python ahk package.

It provides interfaces from cocobelgica/AutoHotkey-JSON for working with JSON in AutoHotkey. The extensions in this package do not provide any additional methods, but simply provide a convenient way to include Jxon.ahk and/or JSON.ahk into other extensions.

This package provides two extensions: JXON and JSON. It also registers a JSON message type (ahk_json.message.JsonResponseMessage)

Installation

Install this extension using pip

pip install ahk-json

Usage

Typically, you use this as a dependency when building your own extensions.

In the following example, a simple extension (my_extension) is created. It implements an AHK function MyTestFunction -- the registered to the extension using the Python function my_test_function.

from ahk.extensions import Extension
from ahk import AHK

from ahk_json import JXON  # importing is necessary for ``extensions='auto'`` to work, even if this is not used

ext_script = '''\
MyTestFunction(ByRef command) {
    arg := command[2]
    obj := Object("test", arg)
    res := Jxon_Dump(obj) ; this is available thanks to the extension
    return FormatResponse("ahk_json.message.JsonResponseMessage", res)
}
'''

my_extension = Extension(script_text=ext_script)

@my_extension.register
def my_test_function(ahk: AHK, arg: str):
    return ahk.function_call('MyTestFunction', [arg])


def main():
    ahk = AHK(extensions='auto')  # automatically use all imported/created extensions
    # or use the extensions explicitly:
    # ahk = AHK(extensions=[JXON, my_extension])

    # now ``.my_test_function`` is a method on the `ahk` instance:
    assert ahk.my_test_function('foo') == {'test': 'foo'}

License

This work is licensed under the MIT license.

This package includes substantial portions of the original AutoHotkey-JSON. The code included from AutoHotkey-JSON is owned and copyrighted by its original author(s) and is used/redistributed under the terms of the WTFPL.