printpop 0.2.2

🎨 PrintPop V 0.2.2

Styled console printing made simple — color, format, and clickable hyperlinks in one package.

✨ Overview

PrintPop is a lightweight Python utility for printing beautifully formatted text and hyperlinks in the console. Use named HTML-safe colors, custom RGB values, and popular text styles to make CLI output clearer and more expressive.

Designed to work across platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux), and built for developers, educators, and CLI power users.

📦 Installation

pip install printpop

⚙️ Features

• ✅ Uses wrapper functions for quick integration
• ✅ Built entirely on standard libraries
• ✅ Named HTML-Safe Colors: Use intuitive color names like "salmon", "skyblue", or "goldenrod" for quick readability.
• ✅ Custom RGB Styling: Define any RGB values for precise color output—ideal for branding or design-themed CLI tools.
• ✅ Text Style Formatting: Combine bold, italic, underline, and more for expressive output.
• ✅ Background Colors: Control the background with both named and RGB values for contrast-rich displays.
• ✅ Hyperlink printing in color and format.
• ✅ Cross-Platform ANSI Support: Works reliably on Windows, macOS, and Linux terminals using ANSI escape codes.
• ✅ Convenient Wrapper Functions: print_bold(), print_rgb(), print_formatted()—no need to remember styling syntax.
• ✅ Interactive CLI Demo: Run console_test.py to preview styles, test terminal capabilities, or explore colors hands-on.
• ✅ No Dependencies: Fully standalone—just install and start printing with color.

✍️ API Overview

• print_<color>(text_to_print: str): print functions for over 140 HTML safe named colors.
• print_bold(text_to_print: str): Prints bold.
• print_dim(text_to_print: str): Prints dim.
• print_italic(text_to_print: str): Prints italic.
• print_underline(text_to_print: str): Prints underline.
• print_blink(text_to_print: str): Prints blink.
• print_inverse(text_to_print: str): Prints inverse.
• print_hidden(text_to_print: str): Prints hidden.
• print_strikethrough(text_to_print: str): Prints strikethrough.
• print_rgb(text_to_print: str, r: int, g: int, b: int): Prints text in rgb color.
• print_color(text_to_print: str, color: str, background: bool): Prints background in color if backround is True.
• print_formatted(text_to_print: str, bold: bool, ...: Prints with formats and colors.
• print_hyperlink(text: str, hyperlink: str, color: str ...: Prints clickable hyperlink with formats and colors.

🔧 Usage Examples

from printpop import print_bold, print_rgb, print_formatted, print_red, print_color, print_hyperlink

# Emphasize with bold
print_bold("This text is bold.")

# Custom RGB
print_rgb("This text is soft purple", r=150, g=120, b=180)

# Combine styles
print_formatted("This text is bold, italic, salmon colored with lightcoral background", bold=True, italic=True, color="salmon", back_color="lightcoral")

# Print color name
print_red("This text is red")

# Use named HTML-safe foreground/background colors
print_color("This text is fuchsia", color = "fuchsia" )

# Use any rgb color
print_rgb("This text is one of 16,777,216 possible colors", r = 101, g = 201, b = 113)

# Use any rgb color for background
print_rgb("This text has one of 16,777,216 possible background colors", r = 37, g = 249, b = 201, background = True)

# Combine multiple text styles and colors
print_formatted("This text is bold, underlined, red with yellow background and it is blinking.",
    bold=True,
    dim=False,
    italic=False,
    underline=True,
    blink=True,
    inverse=False,
    hidden=False,
    strikethrough=False,
    color="red",
    back_color="yellow"
)

# Print clickable hyperlink
print_hyperlink(text="This is a blue, clickable hyperlink", hyperlink="https://github.com/rlapine", color="blue")

🌈 Supported Colors

printpop includes wrapper functions for over 140 HTML name safe colors

print_aliceblue()
print_antiquewhite()
print_aqua()
print_aquamarine()
...

	aliceblue		antiquewhite		aqua		aquamarine
	azure		bisque		blanchedalmond		blue
	blueviolet		brown		burlywood		cadetblue
	chartreuse		chocolate		coral		cornflowerblue
	cornsilk		crimson		cyan		darkblue
	darkcyan		darkgray		darkgreen		darkgrey
	darkkhaki		darkmagenta		darkolivegreen		darkorange
	darkorchid		darkred		darksalmon		darkseagreen
	darkslateblue		darkslategray		darkslategrey		darkturquoise
	darkviolet		deeppink		deepskyblue		dimgray
	dimgrey		dodgerblue		firebrick		floralwhite
	forestgreen		fuchsia		gainsboro		ghostwhite
	gold		gray		green		greenyellow
	grey		honeydew		hotpink		indianred
	indigo		ivory		khaki		lavender
	lavenderblush		lawngreen		lemonchiffon		lightblue
	lightcoral		lightcyan		lightgoldenrodyellow		lightgray
	lightgreen		lightgrey		lightpink		lightsalmon
	lightseagreen		lightskyblue		lightslategray		lightslategrey
	lightsteelblue		lightyellow		lime		limegreen
	linen		magenta		mediumaquamarine		mediumblue
	mediumorchid		mediumpurple		mediumseagreen		mediumslateblue
	mediumspringgreen		mediumturquoise		mediumvioletred		midnightblue
	mintcream		mistyrose		moccasin		navy
	oldlace		olive		olivedrab		orange
	orangered		orchid		palegoldenrod		palegreen
	paleturquoise		palevioletred		papayawhip		peachpuff
	peru		pink		plum		powderblue
	purple		rebeccapurple		red		rosybrown
	royalblue		saddlebrown		salmon		sandybrown
	seagreen		seashell		sienna		silver
	skyblue		slateblue		slategray		slategrey
	snow		springgreen		steelblue		tan
	teal		thistle		tomato		turquoise
	violet		wheat		white		whitesmoke
	yellow		yellowgreen

🔤 Supported Formats

printpop includes wrapper functions for ANSI formats:

print_bold()
print_dim()
print_italic()
print_underline()
print_blink()
print_inverse()
print_hidden()
print_strikethrough()

🔧 Built-in demo:

python printpop

📁 Package Structure

printpop/
├── printpop/              # Folder for images, badges, or other static assets
│   ├── core.py            # Public functions and console test
│   ├── color_printer.py   # Core ANSI logic
│   ├── __init__.py        # Package init
├── assets/                # Folder for images, badges, or other static assets
│   ├── print_pop_logo.png           # Logo for documentation
│   ├── colorprinter_usage_output.png   # Console output 
│   ├── color_samples.png               # Console output
|   ├── <color>.png                     # HTML safe name color samples
├── pyproject.toml
├── setup.cfg
├── setup.py
└── README.md              # Documentation

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests welcome! If you spot formatting quirks, want to add new named colors or extend features (like terminal detection or theme presets), feel free to collaborate.

To contribute:

Fork the repo

Add your changes with Google-style comments

Submit a pull request with a clear description

For style consistency, follow the Python Google Style Guide for functions and comments.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

👤 Author

Created by Ryan LaPine @rlapine — a technically skilled developer focused on clarity, maintainability, and audience-ready documentation. This class is part of a broader effort to build reusable, well-documented tools for data-driven projects.

📬 Contact

Feel free to reach out with questions or collaboration ideas:

📧 github.stunt845@passinbox.com
🔗 GitHub: @rlapine