prompt-smart-menu

======================= Python Prompt SmartMenu

prompt_smart_menu is a library for building command line menus for terminal applications in Python. It allows you to create a multi-tiered argument parsing menu for executing different subcommands of a command line application.

Read the documentation on readthedocs <http://python-prompt-smart-menu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_.

Description

This library is designed around parsing a command string, not command line arguments. That is, it is intended to be used inside a python application using an input() type interface.

For command line arguments passed to the python script, a library such as argparse would be better suited. Though this library could be used for such purpose.

Though not required, this library was designed to augment the auto-completion <https://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pages/asking_for_input.html#nested-completion>__ feature of Python Prompt Toolkit_. The prompt_toolkit library is very powerful, check it out!

Features

• Declarative interface (That's why I built this :] )
• Integration with prompt_toolkit auto-completion <https://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pages/asking_for_input.html#nested-completion>__
• Support for python keyword arguments.
• Different parsers for type casting arguments (e.g. numbers).
• Ability to build custom argument parser.
• Argument validation for endpoint functions.
• Flexibility to mix options (e.g. parsers) for different subcommands.
• No dependencies, though prompt_toolkit highly recommended.

Installation

::

pip install prompt_smart_menu

Getting started

See documentation on readthedocs <http://python-prompt-smart-menu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>_.

.. _Python Prompt Toolkit: https://python-prompt-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html