pyloaders

pyloaders

Basic animated ASCII loaders for Python scripts. Python 2 & 3 compatible.

• Spinning Loader
• Text Loader
• Bar Loader
• Progress Loader

Installation

pip install pyloaders

From Source

git clone https://gitlab.com/ml394/pyloaders.git
cd pyloaders
python setup.py install

Usage

All loaders are declared by calling LoaderClass(<arguments>)

Arguments

Option	Description	Type	Choices	Default	Valid For
text	Text displayed while loading	str		'Loading'	Text, Spinning
size	Full width of loader	str	small, medium, large	'medium'	Text, Bar, Progress
character	ASCII value used in loader	str	. = * > ~ # @ $ + ! ? ,	'.' / '='	Text, Bar, Progress
speed	Time between loader paints	float		.25	Text, Spinning, Bar
duration	Runtime of fixed loader, in seconds	int		10	Text, Spinning, Bar
direction	Initial direction of moving loader	str	ltr, rtl	'ltr'	Text, Bar
animation	Continuous or oscillating movement	str	loop, bounce	'loop'	Text, Bar
colour	Terminal colour support required	str	blue, green, yellow, red	None	ALL
style	Terminal styles support required	str	header, bold, underline	None	ALL
complete_text	Text displayed after loader ends	str		'Done!'	ALL
start	Progress loader start position	int		0	Progress
total	Progress loader total count	int		100	Progress

Indeterminate

Available Classes: SpinningLoader, TextLoader, BarLoader

Run as threads which can be started and stopped dynamically by you at any stage.

• To start a loader, call its start() method.
• After you have completed your tasks, call the loader's stop() method to terminate the thread.
• If you have set a fixed duration of the loader, call the run() method to run the loader for the set amount of time.

Threaded

from loaders import TextLoader

loader = TextLoader()
loader.start()
# Perform some tasks
loader.stop()

Fixed Duration

from loaders import TextLoader

fixed_loader = TextLoader(duration=10)
fixed_loader.run() # Pauses program execution and runs loader for 10s

Output

/ Loading...        # SpinningLoader

.....Loading...     # TextLoader

|   ======    |     # BarLoader

Remember: Don't try to start more than one loader at the same time!

Determinate

Available Classes: ProgressLoader

Used to measure the completion progress of a loop or function.

When you initialize a ProgressLoader object, you should specify the total number of iterations that will be performed in your loop as the total argument.

On each iteration, call the loader's progress(n) method, where n is the current iteration count, to update the progress bar in the terminal.

from loaders import ProgressLoader

loader = ProgressLoader(total=10)
for i in range(10):
    # Perform some task each loop
    loader.progress(i)

Output

|==========          | 50%

Remember: Don't print anything to the console while the loader is running!

Bash

New in version 0.0.5

You can now start a loader for shell commands

$ load some --shell command
[    ========    ]

Tests

There is a small test suite that uses the pytest module.

• Clone the repository
• Install pytest and dependencies
• Run pytest from project folder

git clone https://gitlab.com/ml394/pyloaders.git
cd pyloaders
pip install -r requirements.txt
pytest

Examples

An visual example can be performed by running example.py from the project directory.

This will run a suite of example loaders specified in the file for 5s each. By default, the indeterminate examples are run on fixed durations. To run them as threads, use the optional thread argument.

# Fixed duration
python example.py

# Threaded
python example.py thread

Contributing

To contribute to this project, clone master and create your own development branch.

git clone https://gitlab.com/ml394/pyloaders.git
git checkout -b <feature-name>

Push your branch remotely, and create a merge request to master so we can review your code.

If the merge request is approved, your new feature will be merged and pushed for the next release.

To Do

• Loader colours / styles
• CI/CD Pipeline
• API Documentation
• Print output while loader running

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