snipster-app 0.1.3

A lightweight code snippet management system with CLI, API, and web interface

Snipster

A lightweight, developer-friendly code snippet management system

Snipster helps developers organize, search, and manage code snippets efficiently through both a CLI and API interface. Built with FastAPI, SQLModel, and Typer.

Features

✨ Multiple Interfaces

• 🖥️ Command-line interface (CLI) for quick snippet management
• 🌐 REST API for integration with other tools
• 📊 Streamlit web interface for visual browsing

🔍 Powerful Search

• Full-text search across titles, code, descriptions, and tags
• Filter by programming language
• Toggle favorites for quick access

📝 Rich Metadata

• Support for Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Tagging system for organization
• Automatic timestamps for creation and updates
• Favorite snippets for quick retrieval

Installation

pip install snipster-app

Quick Start

CLI Usage

# Add a snippet
snipster add --title "Quick Sort" --code "def quicksort(arr): ..." --language Python --tags "algorithm,sorting"

# List all snippets
snipster list

# Search snippets
snipster search --term "sort" --language Python

# Get specific snippet
snipster get --snippet-id 1

# Toggle favorite
snipster favourite --snippet-id 1

# Delete snippet
snipster delete --snippet-id 1

Python API

from snipster import Language, Snippet

# Create a snippet
snippet = Snippet(
    title="Hello World",
    code="print('Hello, World!')",
    language=Language.PYTHON,
    tags="beginner,tutorial"
)

REST API

Start the API server:

# The API runs as a separate service
uvicorn snipster.api.main:app --reload

Endpoints available at http://localhost:8000/docs

Requirements

• Python 3.13+
• SQLite (included)

Use Cases

• 💼 Interview Prep - Store commonly used algorithms and patterns
• 🎓 Learning - Organize code examples from tutorials
• 🔧 Daily Development - Quick access to utility functions and snippets
• 📚 Team Knowledge Base - Share snippets via API

Documentation

Full documentation available at: [your-docs-url]

License

MIT License

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Visit [your-repo-url] for guidelines.

Author

Sun - [sl2902]