callscript 0.5.2

Makes scripts feel like functions.

callscript

Want to add a GUI, CLI, or simply test your script, but you don't want to modify your code? Call a script as though it were a function!

Installation

pip install callscript

Usage:

If you label your script with the "input" or "output" comments, callscript can call it!

# examples/script.py
x = 3  # input
y = 5  # input
z = x + y  # output

Then from your other code, you can call it with the callscript() function:

>>> from callscript import callscript
>>> callscript('examples/script.py', x=10, y=20)
{'z': 30}

Want to change your variable names? You can do that, too!

# examples/script2.py
x = 3  # input:FirstWeek
y = 5  # input:SecondWeek
z = x + y  # output:sum

>>> callscript('examples/script2.py', FirstWeek=10, SecondWeek=20)
{'sum': 30}

Want some lines to be ignored when being called by callscript()? Use the # ignore tag!

# examples/script3.py
x = 3  # input
y = 5  # input
input('What is your name?')  # ignore
z = x + y  # output
z = 100000   # ignore

>>> callscript('examples/script3.py', x=10, y=20)
{'z': 30}

callscript() will use the original values of the inputs in the script as defaults.

# examples/script4.py
name = 'Nick'          # input
greeting = 'Hello, '   # input
msg = greeting + name  # output

>>> callscript('examples/script4.py', name='Emma')
{'msg': 'Hello, Emma'}