cookiejar

Cookiecutter templates discovery and management.

Usage:

$ pip install cookiejar
$ cookiejar create <templatename> [options]

Will use cookiecutter to create a new package from the template.

Options

All options can be specified on the command-line. Users can override everything by creating a config file at ~/.cookiejar/cookiejarrc.

Managing templates

You can list, search and download templates from a 'templates index'.

The following commands are available:

$ cookiejar list [--index=<index>]
$ cookiejar search <text> [--index=<index>]
$ cookiejar add <package_name> [<url>] [--index=<index>]
$ cookiejar installed
$ cookiejar remove <package_name>

Creating new packages from a template

To create a new package:

$ cookiejar create <template_name> [options]

Available Commands

list

Lists all templates available on the index.

Options

--index=<url>

Optional. Specifies an alternative index to use.

search

Lists available templates on the index whose name contains the specified text.

Options

<text>

Required. Text to look for in the index.

--index=<url>

Optional. Specifies an alternative index to use.

add

Downloads the specified template to your ~/.cookiecutters/templates/ directory.

Options

<template_name>

Required. The template you want to download.

<url>

Optional. If specified, downloads the template from there instead of using the index. Accepts pip-like URLs, as git+https://github.com/user/repo.git.

--index=<url>

Optional. Specifies an alternative index to use.

installed

Lists templates that have already been downloaded.

remove

Deletes the specified template from your ~/.cookiecutters/templates/ directory.

Options

<template_name>

Required. The template you want to remove.

create

Creates a new package using the specified template.

Options

<template_name>

Required. The template you to use.

[options]

Optional. Any options specified will be added to cookiecutter's context when creating the package. Options are specified as --key=value.

TODO

• add register and upload commands
• use an actual REST API and server (requires $$ for the infrastructure)
• put a pretty picture of a cookie jar in this readme.

Status

This software should be considered Alpha.

License

This project is released under the MIT License.