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A lightweight console printing and formatting toolkit

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wasabi: A lightweight console printing and formatting toolkit

Over the years, I've written countless implementations of coloring and formatting utilities to output messages in our libraries like spaCy, Thinc and Prodigy. While there are many other great open-source options, I've always ended up wanting something slightly different or slightly custom.

This package is still a work in progress and aims to bundle those utilities in a standardised way so they can be shared across our other projects. It's super lightweight, has zero dependencies and works with Python 3.6+.

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💬 FAQ

Are you going to add more features?

Yes, there's still a few of helpers and features to port over. However, the new features will be heavily biased by what we (think we) need. I always appreciate pull requests to improve the existing functionality – but I want to keep this library as simple, lightweight and specific as possible.

Can I use this for my projects?

Sure, if you like it, feel free to adopt it! Just keep in mind that the package is very specific and not intended to be a full-featured and fully customisable formatting library. If that's what you're looking for, you might want to try other packages – for example, colored, crayons, colorful, tabulate, console or py-term, to name a few.

Why wasabi?

I was looking for a short and descriptive name, but everything was already taken. So I ended up naming this package after one of my rats, Wasabi. 🐀

⌛️ Installation

pip install wasabi

🎛 API

function msg

An instance of Printer, initialized with the default config. Useful as a quick shortcut if you don't need to customize initialization.

from wasabi import msg

msg.good("Success!")

class Printer

method Printer.__init__

from wasabi import Printer

msg = Printer()
Argument Type Description Default
pretty bool Pretty-print output with colors and icons. True
no_print bool Don't actually print, just return. False
colors dict Add or overwrite color values, names mapped to 0-256. None
icons dict Add or overwrite icon. Name mapped to unicode. None
line_max int Maximum line length (for divider). 80
animation str Steps of loading animation for Printer.loading. "⠙⠹⠸⠼⠴⠦⠧⠇⠏"
animation_ascii str Alternative animation for ASCII terminals. "|/-\\"
hide_animation bool Don't display animation, e.g. for logs. False
ignore_warnings bool Don't output messages of type MESSAGE.WARN. False
env_prefix str Prefix for environment variables, e.g. WASABI_LOG_FRIENDLY. "WASABI"
timestamp bool Add timestamp before output. False
RETURNS Printer The initialized printer. -

method Printer.text

msg = Printer()
msg.text("Hello world!")
Argument Type Description Default
title str The main text to print. ""
text str Optional additional text to print. ""
color  unicode / int Color name or value. None
icon str Name of icon to add. None
show bool Whether to print or not. Can be used to only output messages under certain condition, e.g. if --verbose flag is set. True
spaced bool Whether to add newlines around the output. False
no_print bool Don't actually print, just return. Overwrites global setting. False
exits int If set, perform a system exit with the given code after printing. None

method Printer.good, Printer.fail, Printer.warn, Printer.info

Print special formatted messages.

msg = Printer()
msg.good("Success")
msg.fail("Error")
msg.warn("Warning")
msg.info("Info")
Argument Type Description Default
title str The main text to print. ""
text str Optional additional text to print. ""
show bool Whether to print or not. Can be used to only output messages under certain condition, e.g. if --verbose flag is set. True
exits int If set, perform a system exit with the given code after printing. None

method Printer.divider

Print a formatted divider.

msg = Printer()
msg.divider("Heading")
Argument Type Description Default
text str Headline text. If empty, only the line is printed. ""
char str Single line character to repeat. "="
show bool Whether to print or not. Can be used to only output messages under certain condition, e.g. if --verbose flag is set. True
icon str Optional icon to use with title. None

contextmanager Printer.loading

msg = Printer()
with msg.loading("Loading..."):
    # Do something here that takes longer
    time.sleep(10)
msg.good("Successfully loaded something!")
Argument Type Description Default
text str The text to display while loading. "Loading..."

method Printer.table, Printer.row

See Tables.

property Printer.counts

Get the counts of how often the special printers were fired, e.g. MESSAGES.GOOD. Can be used to print an overview like "X warnings"

msg = Printer()
msg.good("Success")
msg.fail("Error")
msg.warn("Error")

print(msg.counts)
# Counter({'good': 1, 'fail': 2, 'warn': 0, 'info': 0})
Argument Type Description
RETURNS Counter The counts for the individual special message types.

Tables

function table

Lightweight helper to format tabular data.

from wasabi import table

data = [("a1", "a2", "a3"), ("b1", "b2", "b3")]
header = ("Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3")
widths = (8, 9, 10)
aligns = ("r", "c", "l")
formatted = table(data, header=header, divider=True, widths=widths, aligns=aligns)
Column 1   Column 2    Column 3
--------   ---------   ----------
      a1      a2       a3
      b1      b2       b3
Argument Type Description Default
data iterable / dict The data to render. Either a list of lists (one per row) or a dict for two-column tables.
header iterable Optional header columns. None
footer iterable Optional footer columns. None
divider bool Show a divider line between header/footer and body. False
widths iterable / "auto" Column widths in order. If "auto", widths will be calculated automatically based on the largest value. "auto"
max_col int Maximum column width. 30
spacing int Number of spaces between columns. 3
aligns iterable / unicode Columns alignments in order. "l" (left, default), "r" (right) or "c" (center). If If a string, value is used for all columns. None
multiline bool If a cell value is a list of a tuple, render it on multiple lines, with one value per line. False
env_prefix unicode Prefix for environment variables, e.g. WASABI_LOG_FRIENDLY. "WASABI"
color_values dict Add or overwrite color values, name mapped to value. None
fg_colors iterable Foreground colors, one per column. None can be specified for individual columns to retain the default background color. None
bg_colors iterable Background colors, one per column. None can be specified for individual columns to retain the default background color. None
RETURNS str The formatted table.

function row

from wasabi import row

data = ("a1", "a2", "a3")
formatted = row(data)
a1   a2   a3
Argument Type Description Default
data iterable The individual columns to format.
widths list / int / "auto" Column widths, either one integer for all columns or an iterable of values. If "auto", widths will be calculated automatically based on the largest value. "auto"
spacing int Number of spaces between columns. 3
aligns list Columns alignments in order. "l" (left), "r" (right) or "c" (center). None
env_prefix unicode Prefix for environment variables, e.g. WASABI_LOG_FRIENDLY. "WASABI"
fg_colors list Foreground colors for the columns, in order. None can be specified for individual columns to retain the default foreground color. None
bg_colors list Background colors for the columns, in order. None can be specified for individual columns to retain the default background color. None
RETURNS str The formatted row.

class TracebackPrinter

Helper to output custom formatted tracebacks and error messages. Currently used in Thinc.

method TracebackPrinter.__init__

Initialize a traceback printer.

from wasabi import TracebackPrinter

tb = TracebackPrinter(tb_base="thinc", tb_exclude=("check.py",))
Argument Type Description Default
color_error str / int Color name or code for errors (passed to color helper). "red"
color_tb str / int Color name or code for traceback headline (passed to color helper). "blue"
color_highlight str / int Color name or code for highlighted text (passed to color helper). "yellow"
indent int Number of spaces to use for indentation. 2
tb_base str Name of directory to use to show relative paths. For example, "thinc" will look for the last occurence of "/thinc/" in a path and only show path to the right of it. None
tb_exclude tuple List of filenames to exclude from traceback. tuple()
RETURNS TracebackPrinter The traceback printer.

method TracebackPrinter.__call__

Output custom formatted tracebacks and errors.

from wasabi import TracebackPrinter
import traceback

tb = TracebackPrinter(tb_base="thinc", tb_exclude=("check.py",))

error = tb("Some error", "Error description", highlight="kwargs", tb=traceback.extract_stack())
raise ValueError(error)
  Some error
  Some error description

  Traceback:
  ├─ <lambda> [61] in .env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pluggy/manager.py
  ├─── _multicall [187] in .env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py
  └───── pytest_fixture_setup [969] in .env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/_pytest/fixtures.py
         >>> result = call_fixture_func(fixturefunc, request, kwargs)
Argument Type Description Default
title str The message title.
*texts str Optional texts to print (one per line).
highlight str Optional sequence to highlight in the traceback, e.g. the bad value that caused the error. False
tb iterable The traceback, e.g. generated by traceback.extract_stack(). None
RETURNS str The formatted traceback. Can be printed or raised by custom exception.

class MarkdownRenderer

Helper to create Markdown-formatted content. Will store the blocks added to the Markdown document in order.

from wasabi import MarkdownRenderer

md = MarkdownRenderer()
md.add(md.title(1, "Hello world"))
md.add("This is a paragraph")
print(md.text)

method MarkdownRenderer.__init__

Initialize a Markdown renderer.

from wasabi import MarkdownRenderer

md = MarkdownRenderer()
Argument Type Description Default
no_emoji bool Don't include emoji in titles. False
RETURNS MarkdownRenderer The renderer.

method MarkdownRenderer.add

Add a block to the Markdown document.

from wasabi import MarkdownRenderer

md = MarkdownRenderer()
md.add("This is a paragraph")
Argument Type Description Default
text str The content to add.

property MarkdownRenderer.text

The rendered Markdown document.

md = MarkdownRenderer()
md.add("This is a paragraph")
print(md.text)
Argument Type Description Default
RETURNS str The document as a single string.

method MarkdownRenderer.table

Create a Markdown-formatted table.

md = MarkdownRenderer()
table = md.table([("a", "b"), ("c", "d")], ["Column 1", "Column 2"])
md.add(table)
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| --- | --- |
| a | b |
| c | d |
Argument Type Description Default
data Iterable[Iterable[str]] The body, one iterable per row, containig an interable of column contents.
header Iterable[str] The column names.
aligns Iterable[str] Columns alignments in order. "l" (left, default), "r" (right) or "c" (center). None
RETURNS str The table.

method MarkdownRenderer.title

Create a Markdown-formatted heading.

md = MarkdownRenderer()
md.add(md.title(1, "Hello world"))
md.add(md.title(2, "Subheading", "💖"))
# Hello world

## 💖 Subheading
Argument Type Description Default
level int The heading level, e.g. 3 for ###.
text str The heading text.
emoji str Optional emoji to show before heading. None
RETURNS str The rendered title.

method MarkdownRenderer.list

Create a Markdown-formatted non-nested list.

md = MarkdownRenderer()
md.add(md.list(["item", "other item"]))
md.add(md.list(["first item", "second item"], numbered=True))
- item
- other item

1. first item
2. second item
Argument Type Description Default
items Iterable[str] The list items.
numbered bool Whether to use a numbered list. False
RETURNS str The rendered list.

method MarkdownRenderer.link

Create a Markdown-formatted link.

md = MarkdownRenderer()
md.add(md.link("Google", "https://google.com"))
[Google](https://google.com)
Argument Type Description Default
text str The link text.
url str The link URL.
RETURNS str The rendered link.

method MarkdownRenderer.code_block

Create a Markdown-formatted code block.

md = MarkdownRenderer()
md.add(md.code_block("import spacy", "python"))
```python
import spacy
```
Argument Type Description Default
text str The code text.
lang str Optional code language. ""
RETURNS str The rendered code block.

method MarkdownRenderer.code, MarkdownRenderer.bold, MarkdownRenderer.italic

Create a Markdown-formatted text.

md = MarkdownRenderer()
md.add(md.code("import spacy"))
md.add(md.bold("Hello!"))
md.add(md.italic("Emphasis"))
`import spacy`

**Hello!**

_Emphasis_

Utilities

function color

from wasabi import color

formatted = color("This is a text", fg="white", bg="green", bold=True)
Argument Type Description Default
text str The text to be formatted. -
fg str / int Foreground color. String name or 0 - 256. None
bg str / int Background color. String name or 0 - 256. None
bold bool Format the text in bold. False
underline bool Format the text by underlining. False
RETURNS str The formatted string.

function wrap

from wasabi import wrap

wrapped = wrap("Hello world, this is a text.", indent=2)
Argument Type Description Default
text str The text to wrap. -
wrap_max int Maximum line width, including indentation. 80
indent int Number of spaces used for indentation. 4
RETURNS str The wrapped text with line breaks.

function diff_strings

from wasabi import diff_strings

diff = diff_strings("hello world!", "helloo world")
Argument Type Description Default
a str The first string to diff.
b str The second string to diff.
fg str / int Foreground color. String name or 0 - 256. "black"
bg tuple Background colors as (insert, delete) tuple of string name or 0 - 256. ("green", "red")
RETURNS str The formatted diff.

Environment variables

Wasabi also respects the following environment variables. The prefix can be customised on the Printer via the env_prefix argument. For example, setting env_prefix="SPACY" will expect the environment variable SPACY_LOG_FRIENDLY.

Name Description
ANSI_COLORS_DISABLED Disable colors.
WASABI_LOG_FRIENDLY Make output nicer for logs (no colors, no animations).
WASABI_NO_PRETTY Disable pretty printing, e.g. colors and icons.

🔔 Run tests

Fork or clone the repo, make sure you have pytest installed and then run it on the package directory. The tests are located in /wasabi/tests.

pip install pytest
cd wasabi
python -m pytest wasabi

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