strings.py

Print all strings and f-string constants present in a python project.

Ignores docstrings, unused strings, type annotations and single characters.

Installation

pip install strings.py

Usage

python -m strings path/to/project/or/file

Example

Consider this module.py file:

"""My module"""

SOME_CONSTANT = "42"

class C:
    """My Class does this"""

    def __init__(self) -> None:
        self.x = SOME_CONST

c = C()
print(f"The constant: {c.x}")

$ python -m strings module.py
42
The constant:

$ python -m strings -n module.py
/home/john/module.py:3:42
/home/john/module.py:12:The constant:

Local Development / Testing

• Create and activate a virtual environment
• Run pip install -r requirements-dev.txt to do an editable install
• Run pytest to run tests

Type Checking

Run mypy .

Create and upload a package to PyPI

Make sure to bump the version in setup.cfg.

Then run the following commands:

rm -rf build dist
python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel

Then upload it to PyPI using twine:

twine upload dist/*