A utility for producing enums with automatic names

This package provides an extension of python Enum objects that automatically assigns values to members. This uses the auto() feature to assign text values to the enums instead of having to manually set them.

Specifying your enum

For example, you might create an enum with this like so:

class Pets(AutoNameEnum):
    DOG = auto()
    CAT = auto()
    PIG = auto()

Getting values

Using the class, verify the value of DOG would be 'dog':

>>> print(Pets.DOG.value)
'DOG'

You may also get the same value by just using the name of the item:

>>> print(Pets.DOG)
'DOG'

Iterating

Python enums may be iterated over:

for pet in Pets:
    print(f"name: {pet.name}, value: {pet.value}")

For more information on enums (and the auto method), see [the official docs] (https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html)