consolio 0.1.1

A simple terminal I/O utility with spinner animation

Consolio

Consolio is a Python library that provides an elegant way to display progress updates, warnings, errors, and other status messages in the console with color-coded indicators and spinners. Ideal for CLI applications that require step-by-step feedback to users.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Features
• Usage
  • Basic Initialization
  • Status Message Types
  • Spinners
• Customization

Installation

Consolio does not require any dependencies outside of Python's standard library. To use it just install it using pip install consolio.

Features

• Color-coded messages for different statuses: Success, Error, Warning, and more.
• Progress spinners in various styles (dots, braille, default).
• Inline spinners for seamless progress tracking within a single line.
• Thread-safe output for smooth and consistent console display.

Usage

Basic Initialization

To get started, initialize Consolio with a desired spinner type. You can choose from dots, braille, or default.

from consolio import Consolio

console = Consolio(spinner_type='dots')  # Initialize with dots spinner

Status Message Types

Consolio supports multiple status messages, each with a unique color and symbol:

• Info: [!] Blue - Marks the start of a process
• Work(Step): [-] Cyan - Intermediate step in a process
• Warning: [!] Yellow - Displays warnings
• Error: [x] Red - Displays errors
• Complete: [v] Green - Indicates completion of a step or process

Use the print method to print messages with a specific status, indentation level, and replacement option:

console.print(indent=0, status="inf", text="Starting process")
console.print(indent=1, status="wip", text="Executing step 1")
console.print(indent=1, status="wrn", text="Warning: Check your input")
console.print(indent=1, status="err", text="Error: Process failed")
console.print(indent=0, status="cmp", text="Process complete")

Spinners

You can start a spinner to indicate an ongoing process using the start_animate method, then stop it using stop_animate.

console.start_animate(indent=1)
# Perform a time-consuming task here
time.sleep(3)  # Simulating task duration
console.stop_animate()

Use the inline_spinner=True option to display the spinner on the same line as the last message:

console.print(1, "stp", "Calculating size")
console.start_animate(inline_spinner=True)
time.sleep(2)
console.stop_animate()

Customization

The Consolio library supports a few customization options:

• Spinner Type: Set spinner_type to dots, braille, or default.
• Indentation Level: Control indentation level in messages for organized output.
• Inline Spinner: Use inline_spinner=True to keep spinners on the same line as a message.
• Replacement Mode: Set replace=True in sprint to overwrite the previous message line.