Parinx

Parinx implements a basic Sphinx docstring parser language which provides a interface to extract the relavant parameter. You might find it most useful for tasks involving automated data extraction from sphinx docs. Typical usage often looks like this::

    #!/usr/bin/env python

    from parinx import parser

    def test_parse_docstring(self):
        docstring = """
        Return a dict.

        :type zone_id: ``str``
        :param zone_id: Required zone id (required)
        :keyword    auth:   Initial authentication information for the node
                            (optional)

        :rtype:    ``dict``
        """
        result = parser.parse_docstring(docstring)
        print (result)

(Note parse_docstrings return a dictionary)

Parinx is a Python module that makes working with Sphinx feel like you are working with JSON:

parse_docstring

parse_docstring takes docstring and cls i.e. class name as argument. Default value for cls is None.

It returns dict which contains

    `description` of method 

    `arguments` contains dict of dict: zone_id{type_name, desciption and required} 

    `return` contains dict: {type_name, class, description}

When `cls=None`

>>> from parinx.parser import parse_docstring
>>> docstring = """
...         Return a Zone instance.
...         Second line docsting.
...
...         :type zone_id: ``str``
...         :param zone_id: Required zone id (required)
...
...         :keyword    auth:   Initial authentication information for the node
...                             (optional)
...         :type       auth: :class:`NodeAuthSSHKey` or `NodeAuthPassword`
...
...         :return:    instance
...         :rtype: :class:`Zone` or `Node`
...         """
>>> result = parse_docstring(docstring)
>>> result
{'return':
    {
        'type_name': 'class:`Zone` or `Node`',
        'description': 'instance'
    },
 'description': 'Return a Zone instance. Second line docsting.',
 'arguments':defaultdict(<function <lambda> at 0x200be60>,
    {
        'zone_id':
            {
                'type_name': '``str``',
                'description': 'Required zone id (required)',
                'required': True
            },
        'auth':
            {
                'type_name': 'class:`NodeAuthSSHKey` or `NodeAuthPassword`',
                'description':'Initial authentication information for the node
                               (optional)',
                'required': False
            }
    }
  )
}
>>> result['arguments']
defaultdict(<function <lambda> at 0x200bed8>,
{
    'zone_id':
        {
            'type_name': '``str``',
            'description': 'Required zone id (required)',
            'required': True
        },
    'auth':
    {
        'type_name': 'class:`NodeAuthSSHKey` or `NodeAuthPassword`',
        'description': 'Initial authentication information for the node (optional)',
        'required': False
    }
})
>>> result['description']
'Return a Zone instance. Second line docsting.'
>>> return_type = result['return']['type_name']
>>> return_type
'class:`Zone` or `Node`'

When `cls!= None`

>>> class Foo(object):
...     def create_node(self, **kwargs):
...             """
...             Create a new node instance.
...
...             :keyword    name:   String with a name for this new node (required)
...             :type       name:   ``str``
...
...             :keyword    size:   The size of resources allocated to this node.
...                                 (required)
...             :type       size:   ``dict``
...
...             :return: The newly created node.
...             :rtype: :class:`Node`
...             """
...
>>> docstring = get_method_docstring(Foo, 'create_node')
>>> parse_docstring(docstring, Foo)
{
    'return':
        {
            'type_name': 'class:`Node`',
            'description': 'The newly created node.'
        },
    'description': 'Create a new node instance.',
    'arguments': defaultdict(<function <lambda> at 0x17eb8c0>,
        {
            'name':
                {
                    'type_name': '``str``',
                    'description': 'String with a name for this new node (required)',
                    'required': True
                },
            'size':
                {
                    'type_name': '``dict``',
                    'description': 'The size of resources allocated to this node.
                                    (required)',
                    'required': True
                }
        }
    )
}

split_docstring

`split_docstring' return description and list of fields strings.

Supported field strings are:

':param'
':type'
':keyword'
':rtype:'
'@inherits:'
':return:'

>>> result = split_docstring(docstring)
>>> result
('Return a node instance.',
[':keyword    name:   String with a name for this new node (required)',
 ':type       name:   ``str`` ',
 ':keyword    size: The size of resources allocated to this node. (required)',
 ':type       size: ``dict`` ',
 ':return: instance',
 ':rtype: :class:`Node` '])
>>> result[1]
[':keyword    name:   String with a name for this new node (required)',
':type name:   ``str`` ',
':keyword    size:   The size of resources allocated to this node.
                     (required)',
':type       size:   ``dict`` ',
':return: instance',
':rtype: :class:`Node` ']
>>> result[1][3]
':type       size:   ``dict`` '

get_method_docstring

get_method_docstring takes class name(cls) and method name as argument(method_name).

It returns method docstring.
If method docstring is empty then it takes it from parent class.

>>> class Parent(object):
        def create_node(self, **kwargs):
            """
            Create a new node instance.

            :keyword    name:   String with a name for this new node (required)
            :type       name:   ``str``

            :keyword    size:   The size of resources allocated to this node.
                                (required)
            :type       size:   ``dict``

            :return: The newly created node.
            :rtype: :class:`Node`
            """

>>> class Child(Parent):
        def return_node(self, **kwargs):
            """
            Return a Zone instance.
            Second line docsting.

            :type zone_id: ``str``
            :param zone_id: Required zone id (required)

            :keyword    auth:   Initial authentication information for the node
                            (optional)
            :type       auth: :class:`NodeAuthSSHKey` or `NodeAuthPassword`

            :return:    instance
            :rtype: :class:`Zone` or `Node`
            """

>>> from parinx.parser import get_method_string
>>> get_method_docstring(Parent, 'create_node').split('\n')
['Create a new node instance.', '',
 ':keyword    name:   String with a name for this new node (required)',
 ':type       name:   ``str``', '',
 ':keyword    size:   The size of resources allocated to this node.',
 '                        (required)',
 ':type       size:   ``dict``', '',
 ':return: The newly created node.',
 ':rtype: :class:`Node`']
>>> get_method_docstring(Child, 'return_node').split('\n')
['Return a Zone instance.',
 'Second line docsting.', '',
 ':type zone_id: ``str``',
 ':param zone_id: Required zone id (required)', '',
 ':keyword    auth: Initial authentication information for the node',
                  '                    (optional)',
':type       auth: :class:`NodeAuthSSHKey` or `NodeAuthPassword`', '',
':return:    instance', ':rtype: :class:`Zone` or `Node`']
>>> get_method_docstring(Child, 'create_node').split('\n')
['Create a new node instance.', '',
 ':keyword    name:String with a name for this new node (required)',
 ':type       name:   ``str``', '',
 ':keyword    size:   The size of resources allocated to this node.',
 '                        (required)',
 ':type       size:   ``dict``', '',
 ':return: The newly created node.',
 ':rtype: :class:`Node`']
>>> get_method_docstring(Parent, 'return_node').split('\n')