dyncommands

Dynamic command execution, parsing, and storage.

About:

Dyncommands allows you to dynamically import and run python functions. Useful for adding commands to IRC chatbots or CLI applications without a restart.

When parsing a string, it separates the command name from arguments, and executes the stored function with those arguments. Each time the parser is called, you can pass in your own custom kwargs that the command will have access to.

All command modules are compiled through RestrictedPython before being allowed to run. You can turn off Restricted execution by setting CommandParser._unrestricted to true, though this is highly discouraged when running untrusted code.

How to use:

Short example:

from pathlib import Path
from dyncommands import CommandParser, CommandContext, CommandSource

output: str = ''

def callback(text, *args):
    global output
    output = text

path = Path('path/to/directory')  # Must be a directory with a commands.json file in it
parser = CommandParser(path)  # Create the parser, which initializes using data located in the path directory
source = CommandSource(callback)  # Create a source, which is used to talk back to the caller

input_ = 'command-that-returns-wow arg1 arg2'  # this command would call zzz__command-that-returns-wow.py with arg1 and arg2

parser.parse(CommandContext(input_, source))  # Parse the new context and run the command and callback (If no errors occur)
assert output == 'wow'

Command metadata:

Metadata for commands are stored in the commands.json file inside the commands_path of the parser. This is where all the data for the parser is loaded or stored.

All commands.json files are validated with JSON Schemas through the jsonschema python package

commands.json Draft-07 JSON Schema

Command object Draft-07 JSON Schema

NOTE: Commands modules are not loaded unless they are listed in commands.json with the "function" key set to true.

Example commands.json contents:

{
  "commandPrefix": "!",
  "commands": [
    {
      "name": "test",
      "usage": "test [*args:any]",
      "description": "Test command.",
      "permission": 500,
      "function": true
    },
    {
      "name": "test2",
      "function": false
    }
  ]
}

Command modules:

Dynamically-loaded commands are denoted by filename with a prefix of "zzz__". Inside a command module, there is a function defined as "command". This function will be mapped to a Command's function attribute and stored in memory for execution. The function has access to any args that were parsed, as well as kwargs:

1. 'self' (Command), which houses the metadata for the command that's being executed.

2. 'parser' (CommandParser), which stores the list of registered commands and command data.

3. 'context' (CommandContext), which supplies the CommandSource and the original text sent for parsing.

• Any custom kwargs passed to CommandParser.parse.

Since commands cannot import their own modules, some are included in globals (math, random, and string).

Example command module:

def command(*args, **kwargs):
    self, context = kwargs.pop('self'), kwargs.pop('context')
    source = context.source
    if len(args) == 2:
        amount, sides = abs(int(getitem(args, 0))), abs(int(getitem(args, 1)))
        if amount > 0 and sides > 0:
            dice_rolls = [f"{(str(i + 1) + ':') if amount > 1 else ''} {str(random.randint(1, sides))}/{sides}" for i in range(amount)]
            source.send_feedback(f"/me \U0001f3b2 {source.display_name} rolled {'a die' if amount == 1 else str(amount) + ' dice'} with {sides} side{'' if sides == 1 else 's'}: {', '.join(dice_rolls)} \U0001f3b2")
        else:
            raise ImproperUsageError(self, context)
    else:
        raise ImproperUsageError(self, context)

At any time, you can call CommandParser.reload() to reload all command modules and metadata from disk storage.

Example file structure:

../
│
├───[commands_path]/
│       ├─── commands.json
│       ├─── zzz__[command1].py
│       ├─── zzz__[command2].py
│       └─── zzz__[command3].py
│

Adding/Removing Commands:

To add commands, you can either manually enter data into a commands.json file, or use the CommandParser.add_command(text: str, link: bool = False, **kwargs) method. The easiest way to use this method is to read the command module as text and pass that to the first argument. You can also store command modules online to allow for remote installation, as setting the link parameter to True will read text as a link, and will get the raw text data from that link. Ex: gist and pastebin.

NOTE: When adding a command, metadata for 'name' must to be filled. This can be done in the form of comments.

Example of metadata as comments:

# Name: points
# Usage: points [get (username:string)| set (username:string amount:integer)]
# Description: Get your current points
# Permission: 0
# Children: [{'name': 'get', 'usage': 'get (username:string)', 'permission':0}, {'name': 'set', 'usage': 'set (username:string amount:integer)', 'permission':500}]
def command(*args, **kwargs):
    ...

Removing an already added command is relatively easy. Just call CommandParser.remove_command(name: str) with the name of the command that you want to remove, and it will delete both the metadata and the command module from the disk.

If you don't want to delete the command when removing, a better alternative is to disable it with CommandParser.set_disabled(name: str, value: bool).