Magic 8 Ball
Ask a yes-or-no question and get one of the twenty classic Magic 8-Ball replies. The question is checked, then discarded. The reply is chosen at random from the traditional set.
The PyPI name is lupaxa-magic-8ball. The import path is
lupaxa.magic_8ball. The console script is magic-8ball. lupaxa is a
namespace package — there is no lupaxa/__init__.py.
Public names: ask, Magic8Ball, RESPONSES, Magic8BallError,
InvalidQuestionError, __version__, get_version().
Install
pip install lupaxa-magic-8ball
Requires Python 3.10+. The standard library is enough.
CLI
magic-8ball "Will it rain tomorrow?"
magic-8ball --version
The question is one positional argument. Quote it so the shell keeps it together.
| Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|
question |
Yes-or-no question (required unless --version) |
--version |
Print magic-8ball x.y.z and exit 0 |
--help |
Show argparse help |
| Result | Stdout | Exit |
|---|---|---|
| Success | One response | 0 |
--version |
magic-8ball x.y.z |
0 |
| Missing or blank question | error on stderr | 2 |
python -m lupaxa.magic_8ball "Will it rain tomorrow?"
Library
from lupaxa.magic_8ball import Magic8Ball, ask
ask("Will it rain tomorrow?")
ball = Magic8Ball()
ball.ask("Will it rain tomorrow?")
| Call | Return |
|---|---|
ask(question) |
one of the twenty responses |
Magic8Ball().ask(question) |
the same |
str(Magic8Ball()) |
Magic 8-Ball Emulator |
RESPONSES is the fixed tuple of twenty phrases, affirmative first,
non-committal in the middle, and negative last.
| Situation | Result |
|---|---|
| Non-empty string | One classic response |
| Empty string or only whitespace | InvalidQuestionError |
| Value that is not a string | InvalidQuestionError |
from lupaxa.magic_8ball import InvalidQuestionError, ask
try:
ask("Will I get a promotion?")
except InvalidQuestionError as exc:
print(f"Error: {exc}")
Development
make init
make python-install-dev
make python-check
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
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