scottbrian-utils

Intro

This is a collection of generally useful functions for use with any application.

1. The diag_msg function allows you to print a message with the time and caller sequence added for you.
2. The FileCatalog item allows you to map file names to their paths.
3. The @time_box decorator allows you to print start, stop, and execution times.
4. The print_flower_box_msg function allows you to print text in a flower box (i.e., surrounded by asterisks).
5. The log_verifier allows you to verify that expected log messages have been issued.
6. The msgs item is a simple facility you can use to send messages between threads.
7. The stop_watch item is a simple timing function that you can use in test cases.
8. The timer item provides a way to keep track of time to determine when a function has timed out.
9. The Pauser class provides a pause function similar to the python sleep function, but with improved accuracy.
10. The UniqueTS class provides a way to obtain a unique timestamp.
11. The doc_checker module provides an easy way to do doctest.

Examples:

With diag_msg you can print messages with the time and caller info added automatically.

>>> from scottbrian_utils.diag_msg import diag_msg
>>> diag_msg('this is a diagnostic message')
16:20:05.909260 <input>:1 this is a diagnostic message

With FileCatalog, you can code your application with file names and retrieve their paths at run time from a catalog. This allows you to use different catalogs for the same set of files, such as one catalog for production and another for testing. Here's as example:

>>> from scottbrian_utils.file_catalog import FileCatalog
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> prod_cat = FileCatalog({'file1': Path('/prod_files/file1.csv')})
>>> print(prod_cat.get_path('file1'))
/prod_files/file1.csv

>>> test_cat = FileCatalog({'file1': Path('/test_files/test_file1.csv')})
>>> print(test_cat.get_path('file1'))
/test_files/test_file1.csv

With @time_box, you can decorate a function to be sandwiched between start time and end time messages like this:

>>> from scottbrian_utils.time_hdr import time_box

>>> @time_box
... def func2() -> None:
...      print('2 * 3 =', 2*3)

>>> func2()
<BLANKLINE>
**********************************************
* Starting func2 on Mon Jun 29 2020 18:22:50 *
**********************************************
2 * 3 = 6
<BLANKLINE>
********************************************
* Ending func2 on Mon Jun 29 2020 18:22:51 *
* Elapsed time: 0:00:00.001204             *
********************************************

With Pauser, you can pause execution for a specified number of seconds like this:

from scottbrian_utils.pauser import Pauser
pauser = Pauser()
pauser.pause(1.5)  # pause for 1.5 seconds

Installation

pip install scottbrian-utils

Development setup

See tox.ini

Release History

• 1.0.0

  • Initial release

• 1.0.1

  • Added doc link to setup.py
  • Added version number to __init__.py
  • Added code in setup.py to get version number from __init__.py
  • Added licence to setup.py classifiers

• 1.1.0

  • Added FileCatalog

• 1.2.0

  • Added diag_msg

• 2.0.0

  • changed get_formatted_call_sequence and diag_msg (both in diag_msg.py) to get class name in additional cases
  • dropped support for python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8

• 2.1.0

  • added pauser
  • support for python 3.10

• 2.2.0

  • added repr for LogVer

• 2.3.0

  • added is_specified method in Timer
  • added timeout_value in Timer
  • support for python 3.11

• 2.4.0

  • added fullmatch parm to add_msg in log_ver.py
  • added print_matched parm to print_match_results in log_ver.py

• 3.0.0

  • added unique_ts
  • added doc_checker
  • support python 3.12
  • drop support python < 3.12

Meta

Scott Tuttle

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.

Contributing

1. Fork it (<https://github.com/yourname/yourproject/fork>)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
5. Create a new Pull Request