RUTIFU - Random Utilities That I Find Useful

This is a set of Python routines that perform various functions that I find useful for multiple projects.

Logging and debugging

Log a message to syslog or stdout

log(*args)

Log the traceback for an exception

logException(name, ex)

Log a debug message conditioned on a specified global variable

debug(*args)

Threads and processes

Thread object that logs a stack trace if there is an uncaught exception

class LogThread(threading.Thread)

Convenience function to create and start a thread

startThread(name, target, **kwargs)

Block a thread indefinitely

block()

Wait until the network is available

waitForDns(host)

Manipulation of strings and lists

Transform a string of words into a camel case name

camelize(words)

Create a string of words from a camel case name

labelize(name)

Get the value of a json item from a file

getValue(fileName, item)

Turn an item into a list if it is not already

listize(x)

Truncate or pad a list into a fixed number of items

fixedList(items, nItems, pad=None)

Format an E.164 phone number for display

displayNumber(number)

Format a phone number as E.164

e164number(number, defaultAreaCode="", defaultCountryCode="1")