switch-guides 0.2.4

A package for building Platform Guides in Switch Automation Platform.

Switch Automation library for Python

This is a package for building configurable UI/UX experiences on the Switch Automation software platform.

You can find out more about the platform on Switch Automation

Getting started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or later is required to use this package.
• You must have a Switch Automation user account to use this package.

Install the package

Install the Switch Guides library for Python with pip:

pip install switch-guides

History

0.2.4

Added

• options attribute to SwitchGuideStepProcessInput
  • Allows Guide authors to provide additional options while processing the step
  • Attribute is optional and therefore Guide Step authors should take this into account

0.2.3

Added

• Option for explicitly enabling periodic status checking on Guide Definition level
• Usage

  •     def definition(self) -> sg.guide.SwitchGuideDefinition:
            return sg.guide.SwitchGuideDefinition(
                ...
                options=sg.guide.SwitchGuideDefinitionOptions(
                    enable_live_notification=True
                )
            )
    

0.2.1

Added

• Cache Extensions
  • Provides a convenient way of caching data scoped to a Guide
  • Cache is scoped to a Guide Instance and therefore is only available within a Guide Instance and Portfolio the Guide Instance belongs to.
  • Usage - Setter:

    • import switch_guides as sg
      
      guide_id_example = 'dc25bbeb-8504-4ffa-9389-641cc48cc807'
      cache_key_example = 'my-data'
      
      cache_data = {
          'name': '<some-value>',
      }
      
      cache_result = sg.extensions.cache.set_cache(
          api_inputs=api_inputs, guide_id=guide_id_example, key=cache_key_example, val=cache_data)
      
      if not cache_result or not cache_result['success']:
          print('Error setting cache')
          return
      

  • Usage - Getter:

    • import switch_guides as sg
      import json
      
      guide_id_example = 'dc25bbeb-8504-4ffa-9389-641cc48cc807'
      cache_key_example = 'my-data'
      
      cache_result = sg.extensions.cache.get_cache(
          api_inputs=api_inputs, guide_id=guide_id_example, key=cache_key_example)
      
      if not cache_result or not cache_result['success']:
          print('No cache found')
          return
      
      cache_data = json.loads(cache_result['data'])
      

0.1.19

Added

• publish_update function to GuideStepDefinitionTask base class
  • Allows live updates to be sent to UI when a step is being processed

0.1.18

Fixed

• Incorrect Marketplace User Type Default Value

0.1.17

Updated

• Guide Definition Tags structure

0.1.16

Added

• Step options to SwitchGuideStepDependency to control Step state per Guide definition
• Extend SwitchGuideDefinitionOptions with availableOnMarketplaceForUserType to control whether the Guide is visible on the Marketplace
  • Options are None, All, or SwitchUserOnly

0.1.15

Added

• Switch Forms Extensions
  • Provides convenience methods for building and fetching form data
    • See method documentation for more information
    • Usage:

      • import switch_api as sw
        import switch_guides as sg
        
        # Build UI Component
        sg.extensions.forms.define_ui_component(form_id=form_id)
        
        # Fetch Form Data
        form_data = sg.extensions.forms.get_data(api_inputs=api_inputs, form_id=form_id)
        section = form_data.getSectionById(1) # or form_data.getSectionByName('Section Name') 
        field = section.getFieldById(1) # or form_data.getFieldByLabel('Field Label')
        field_value = field.value
        

0.1.14

Updated

• Improved Guide Definition Registration Responses
  • Errors associated with registration will be available in the responses
• Documentation for most Guide types and properties

Added

• Aliases for guide.models modules so they are accessible on top level import
  • Few Examples:

    • import switch_guides as sg
      
      sg.tasks.GuideStepDefinitionTask
      sg.step.SwitchGuideStepDefinition
      sg.guide.SwitchGuideDefinition
      sg.api.SwitchGuideStepProcessInput
      

• GuideStepDefinitionBackgroundTask that runs process() function in the background allowing users to navigate away from the page.
  • Will work in conjunction with LivelyUI APIs so that user can be given live feedback on the progress of the process method.
• More step control options:
  • uiState now has continueToNextStep and continueToNextStepWhenAvailable available
  • we can now set uiState on process response without requiring status property to be set
    • Example:

      # Instead of:
      return SwitchGuideStepApiResponse(
          status=SwitchGuideStepStatus(
              uiState=SwitchGuideStepStatusUiState(
                  returnToSummary=True
              )
          )
      )
      
      # We can set uiState as:
      return SwitchGuideStepApiResponse(
          uiState=SwitchGuideStepStatusUiState(
              returnToSummary=True
          )
      )
      

0.1.13

Initial Switch Guides Release