CLIbrary

A comprehensive Python library of standard CLI utilities for convenient command, I/O, and file handling.

CLIbrary is a comprehensive Python library that makes command line usage, input/output, and file handling easier and more efficient. It provides a wide range of tools for interacting with a shell, including essential utilities for command line parsing and I/O, file manipulations, tab completion, and command hinting. With these tools, CLIbrary makes it easy to integrate powerful command-line functionality into any Python project.
Additionally, it now also provides a history feature for tracking and re-executing previous commands.

Make sure to take a look at the documentation, at the contributing guidelines and at the examples.

Installation

Installing CLIbrary

CLIbrary can be installed from PyPI by:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade CLIbrary

Verify installation

The installation of CLIbrary can be verified by:

python3 -m CLIbrary

which would return something similar to¹:

 ●  CLIbrary v1.7.2 
A comprehensive Python library of standard CLI utilities for convenient command, I/O, and file handling.
Developed by Andrea Di Antonio, more on https://github.com/diantonioandrea/CLIbrary
Documentation on https://github.com/diantonioandrea/CLIbrary/blob/main/docs.md
Bug tracker on https://github.com/diantonioandrea/CLIbrary/issues

Importing CLIbrary

CLIbrary can be imported by:

import CLIbrary

Examples

These are some examples from existing projects².

Command line interface

An example from openTree

import CLIbrary

...

cmdHandler = {"request": "[" + user.name + "@" + name + "]"}
cmdHandler["style"] = Fore.MAGENTA

cmdHandler["helpPath"] = helpPath

...

cmdHandler["allowedCommands"] = ["set", "password", "delete", "new"]

...

command = CLIbrary.cmdIn(cmdHandler)

cmd = command["command"]
sdOpts = command["sdOpts"]
ddOpts = command["ddOpts"]

Asking for input

Some examples from openBriefcase

import CLIbrary

...

class account:
	def __init__(self, otherNames: list):
		self.name = CLIbrary.strIn({"request": "Account name", "space": False, "blockedAnswers": otherNames})
		self.start = CLIbrary.numIn({"request": "Starting balance"})

...

class movement:
	def __init__(self, otherCodes: list):
		...

		self.reason = CLIbrary.strIn({"request": "Movement reason", "allowedChars": ["-", "'", ".", ",", ":"]})
		self.amount = CLIbrary.numIn({"request": "Movement amount"})
		self.date = CLIbrary.dateIn({"request": "Movement date"})

		...

		self.confirmation = CLIbrary.boolIn({"request": "Verify \"" + str(self) + "\""})

Loading and dumping a file

An example from openTree

import CLIbrary

...

user = openTree.user()

fileHandler = {"path": dataPath + user.name, "ignoreMissing": True}
userData = CLIbrary.aLoad(fileHandler)

...

fileHandler["data"] = user
CLIbrary.aDump(fileHandler)

Set values for global settings

An example from openTree

import CLIbrary

...

CLIbrary.data.setting_fileExtension = ".ot"

...

if userData.darkTheme:
	CLIbrary.style.setting_darkMode = True