constcheck 0.3.0

Check Python files for repeat use of strings

Check Python files for repeat use of strings

Escape commas with \ (when enclosed in single quotes.)

Defaults can be configured in your pyproject.toml file

Installation

$ pip install constcheck

Usage

Commandline

usage: constcheck [-h] [-p PATH] [-c INT] [-l INT] [-s STR] [-i LIST] [-I LIST]
                             [--ignore-from [FILE=LIST [FILE=LIST ...]]] [-f] [-n] [-v]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                                 show this help message and exit
  -p PATH, --path PATH                       path to check files for (default: .)
  -c INT, --count INT                        minimum number of repeat strings (default: 3)
  -l INT, --len INT                          minimum length of repeat strings (default: 3)
  -s STR, --string STR                       parse a string instead of a file
  -i LIST, --ignore-strings LIST             comma separated list of strings to exclude
  -I LIST, --ignore-files LIST               comma separated list of files to exclude
  --ignore-from [FILE=LIST [FILE=LIST ...]]  comma separated list of strings to exclude from file
  -f, --filter                               filter out empty results
  -n, --no-color                             disable color output
  -v, --version                              show version and exit

API

>>> import constcheck

>>> EXAMPLE = """
... STRING_1 = "Hey"
... STRING_2 = "Hey"
... STRING_3 = "Hey"
... STRING_4 = "Hello"
... STRING_5 = "Hello"
... STRING_6 = "Hello"
... STRING_7 = "Hello"
... STRING_8 = "Hello, world"
... STRING_9 = "Hello, world"
... STRING_10 = "Hello, world"
... STRING_11 = "Hello, world"
... STRING_12 = "Hello, world"
... """

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE)
3   | Hey
4   | Hello
5   | Hello, world
<BLANKLINE>
1

With the count argument

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE, count=4)
4   | Hello
5   | Hello, world
<BLANKLINE>
1

With the len argument

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE, len=6)
5   | Hello, world
<BLANKLINE>
1

With the ignore_strings argument which accepts a str iterable

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE, ignore_strings=["Hello, world", "Hello"])
3   | Hey
<BLANKLINE>
1

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE, ignore_strings="Hello, world")
3   | Hey
<BLANKLINE>
1

>>> constcheck.main(string=EXAMPLE, ignore_strings=["Hello, world", "Hello", "Hey"])
<BLANKLINE>
0

Config

All keyword arguments available to constcheck.main() can be configured in the pyproject.toml file

[tool.constcheck]
path = "."
count = 3
len = 3
ignore_strings = ["Hello", "Hello, world"]
ignore_files = ["tests/__init__.py"]
filter = false
no_color = false

[tool.constcheck.ignore_from]
"tests/__init__.py" = ["Hello, world"]