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1 1 """IPython customization API
2 2
3 3 Your one-stop module for configuring & extending ipython
4 4
5 5 The API will probably break when ipython 1.0 is released, but so
6 6 will the other configuration method (rc files).
7 7
8 8 All names prefixed by underscores are for internal use, not part
9 9 of the public api.
10 10
11 11 Below is an example that you can just put to a module and import from ipython.
12 12
13 13 A good practice is to install the config script below as e.g.
14 14
15 15 ~/.ipython/my_private_conf.py
16 16
17 17 And do
18 18
19 19 import_mod my_private_conf
20 20
21 21 in ~/.ipython/ipythonrc
22 22
23 23 That way the module is imported at startup and you can have all your
24 24 personal configuration (as opposed to boilerplate ipythonrc-PROFILENAME
25 25 stuff) in there.
26 26
27 27 -----------------------------------------------
28 28 import IPython.ipapi
29 29 ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
30 30
31 31 def ankka_f(self, arg):
32 print "Ankka",self,"says uppercase:",arg.upper()
32 print 'Ankka',self,'says uppercase:',arg.upper()
33 33
34 ip.expose_magic("ankka",ankka_f)
34 ip.expose_magic('ankka',ankka_f)
35 35
36 36 ip.magic('alias sayhi echo "Testing, hi ok"')
37 37 ip.magic('alias helloworld echo "Hello world"')
38 38 ip.system('pwd')
39 39
40 40 ip.ex('import re')
41 ip.ex("""
41 ip.ex('''
42 42 def funcci(a,b):
43 43 print a+b
44 44 print funcci(3,4)
45 """)
46 ip.ex("funcci(348,9)")
45 ''')
46 ip.ex('funcci(348,9)')
47 47
48 48 def jed_editor(self,filename, linenum=None):
49 print "Calling my own editor, jed ... via hook!"
49 print 'Calling my own editor, jed ... via hook!'
50 50 import os
51 51 if linenum is None: linenum = 0
52 52 os.system('jed +%d %s' % (linenum, filename))
53 print "exiting jed"
53 print 'exiting jed'
54 54
55 55 ip.set_hook('editor',jed_editor)
56 56
57 57 o = ip.options
58 58 o.autocall = 2 # FULL autocall mode
59 59
60 print "done!"
60 print 'done!'
61 61 """
62 62
63 63 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
64 64 # Modules and globals
65 65
66 66 # stdlib imports
67 67 import __builtin__
68 68 import sys
69 69
70 70 # contains the most recently instantiated IPApi
71 71 _RECENT_IP = None
72 72
73 73 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
74 74 # Code begins
75 75
76 76 class TryNext(Exception):
77 77 """Try next hook exception.
78 78
79 79 Raise this in your hook function to indicate that the next hook handler
80 80 should be used to handle the operation. If you pass arguments to the
81 81 constructor those arguments will be used by the next hook instead of the
82 82 original ones.
83 83 """
84 84
85 85 def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
86 86 self.args = args
87 87 self.kwargs = kwargs
88 88
89
89 90 class UsageError(Exception):
90 91 """ Error in magic function arguments, etc.
91 92
92 93 Something that probably won't warrant a full traceback, but should
93 94 nevertheless interrupt a macro / batch file.
94 95 """
95 96
97
96 98 class IPyAutocall:
97 99 """ Instances of this class are always autocalled
98 100
99 101 This happens regardless of 'autocall' variable state. Use this to
100 102 develop macro-like mechanisms.
101 103 """
102 104
103 105 def set_ip(self,ip):
104 106 """ Will be used to set _ip point to current ipython instance b/f call
105 107
106 108 Override this method if you don't want this to happen.
107 109
108 110 """
109 111 self._ip = ip
110 112
111 113
112
113 114 class IPythonNotRunning:
114 115 """Dummy do-nothing class.
115 116
116 117 Instances of this class return a dummy attribute on all accesses, which
117 118 can be called and warns. This makes it easier to write scripts which use
118 119 the ipapi.get() object for informational purposes to operate both with and
119 120 without ipython. Obviously code which uses the ipython object for
120 121 computations will not work, but this allows a wider range of code to
121 122 transparently work whether ipython is being used or not."""
122 123
123 124 def __init__(self,warn=True):
124 125 if warn:
125 126 self.dummy = self._dummy_warn
126 127 else:
127 128 self.dummy = self._dummy_silent
128 129
129 130 def __str__(self):
130 131 return "<IPythonNotRunning>"
131 132
132 133 __repr__ = __str__
133 134
134 135 def __getattr__(self,name):
135 136 return self.dummy
136 137
137 138 def _dummy_warn(self,*args,**kw):
138 139 """Dummy function, which doesn't do anything but warn."""
139 140
140 141 print ("IPython is not running, this is a dummy no-op function")
141 142
142 143 def _dummy_silent(self,*args,**kw):
143 144 """Dummy function, which doesn't do anything and emits no warnings."""
144 145 pass
145 146
146 147
147 148 def get(allow_dummy=False,dummy_warn=True):
148 149 """Get an IPApi object.
149 150
150 151 If allow_dummy is true, returns an instance of IPythonNotRunning
151 152 instead of None if not running under IPython.
152 153
153 154 If dummy_warn is false, the dummy instance will be completely silent.
154 155
155 156 Running this should be the first thing you do when writing extensions that
156 157 can be imported as normal modules. You can then direct all the
157 158 configuration operations against the returned object.
158 159 """
159 160 global _RECENT_IP
160 161 if allow_dummy and not _RECENT_IP:
161 162 _RECENT_IP = IPythonNotRunning(dummy_warn)
162 163 return _RECENT_IP
163 164
164 class IPApi:
165
166 class IPApi(object):
165 167 """ The actual API class for configuring IPython
166 168
167 169 You should do all of the IPython configuration by getting an IPApi object
168 170 with IPython.ipapi.get() and using the attributes and methods of the
169 171 returned object."""
170 172
171 173 def __init__(self,ip):
172 174
173 175 global _RECENT_IP
174 176
175 177 # All attributes exposed here are considered to be the public API of
176 178 # IPython. As needs dictate, some of these may be wrapped as
177 179 # properties.
178 180
179 181 self.magic = ip.ipmagic
180 182
181 183 self.system = ip.system
182 184
183 185 self.set_hook = ip.set_hook
184 186
185 187 self.set_custom_exc = ip.set_custom_exc
186 188
187 189 self.user_ns = ip.user_ns
188 190 self.user_ns['_ip'] = self
189 191
190 192 self.set_crash_handler = ip.set_crash_handler
191 193
192 194 # Session-specific data store, which can be used to store
193 195 # data that should persist through the ipython session.
194 196 self.meta = ip.meta
195 197
196 198 # The ipython instance provided
197 199 self.IP = ip
198 200
199 201 self.extensions = {}
200 202
201 203 self.dbg = DebugTools(self)
202 204
203 205 _RECENT_IP = self
204 206
205 207 # Use a property for some things which are added to the instance very
206 208 # late. I don't have time right now to disentangle the initialization
207 209 # order issues, so a property lets us delay item extraction while
208 210 # providing a normal attribute API.
209 211 def get_db(self):
210 212 """A handle to persistent dict-like database (a PickleShareDB object)"""
211 213 return self.IP.db
212 214
213 215 db = property(get_db,None,None,get_db.__doc__)
214 216
215 217 def get_options(self):
216 218 """All configurable variables."""
217 219
218 220 # catch typos by disabling new attribute creation. If new attr creation
219 221 # is in fact wanted (e.g. when exposing new options), do
220 222 # allow_new_attr(True) for the received rc struct.
221 223
222 224 self.IP.rc.allow_new_attr(False)
223 225 return self.IP.rc
224 226
225 227 options = property(get_options,None,None,get_options.__doc__)
226 228
227 229 def expose_magic(self,magicname, func):
228 ''' Expose own function as magic function for ipython
230 """Expose own function as magic function for ipython
229 231
230 232 def foo_impl(self,parameter_s=''):
231 """My very own magic!. (Use docstrings, IPython reads them)."""
232 print 'Magic function. Passed parameter is between < >: <'+parameter_s+'>'
233 'My very own magic!. (Use docstrings, IPython reads them).'
234 print 'Magic function. Passed parameter is between < >:'
235 print '<%s>' % parameter_s
233 236 print 'The self object is:',self
234 237
235 ipapi.expose_magic("foo",foo_impl)
236 '''
238 ipapi.expose_magic('foo',foo_impl)
239 """
237 240
238 241 import new
239 242 im = new.instancemethod(func,self.IP, self.IP.__class__)
240 243 old = getattr(self.IP, "magic_" + magicname, None)
241 244 if old:
242 self.dbg.debug_stack("Magic redefinition '%s', old %s" % (magicname,
243 old))
245 self.dbg.debug_stack("Magic redefinition '%s', old %s" %
246 (magicname,old) )
244 247
245 248 setattr(self.IP, "magic_" + magicname, im)
246 249
247 250 def ex(self,cmd):
248 251 """ Execute a normal python statement in user namespace """
249 252 exec cmd in self.user_ns
250 253
251 254 def ev(self,expr):
252 255 """ Evaluate python expression expr in user namespace
253 256
254 257 Returns the result of evaluation"""
255 258 return eval(expr,self.user_ns)
256 259
257 260 def runlines(self,lines):
258 261 """ Run the specified lines in interpreter, honoring ipython directives.
259 262
260 263 This allows %magic and !shell escape notations.
261 264
262 265 Takes either all lines in one string or list of lines.
263 266 """
264 267
265 268 def cleanup_ipy_script(script):
266 269 """ Make a script safe for _ip.runlines()
267 270
268 271 - Removes empty lines Suffixes all indented blocks that end with
269 272 - unindented lines with empty lines
270 273 """
271 274
272 275 res = []
273 276 lines = script.splitlines()
274 277
275 278 level = 0
276 279 for l in lines:
277 280 lstripped = l.lstrip()
278 281 stripped = l.strip()
279 282 if not stripped:
280 283 continue
281 284 newlevel = len(l) - len(lstripped)
282 285 def is_secondary_block_start(s):
283 286 if not s.endswith(':'):
284 287 return False
285 288 if (s.startswith('elif') or
286 289 s.startswith('else') or
287 290 s.startswith('except') or
288 291 s.startswith('finally')):
289 292 return True
290 293
291 294 if level > 0 and newlevel == 0 and \
292 295 not is_secondary_block_start(stripped):
293 296 # add empty line
294 297 res.append('')
295 298
296 299 res.append(l)
297 300 level = newlevel
298 301 return '\n'.join(res) + '\n'
299 302
300 303 if isinstance(lines,basestring):
301 304 script = lines
302 305 else:
303 306 script = '\n'.join(lines)
304 307 clean=cleanup_ipy_script(script)
305 308 # print "_ip.runlines() script:\n",clean # dbg
306 309 self.IP.runlines(clean)
307 310
308 311 def to_user_ns(self,vars, interactive = True):
309 312 """Inject a group of variables into the IPython user namespace.
310 313
311 314 Inputs:
312 315
313 316 - vars: string with variable names separated by whitespace, or a
314 317 dict with name/value pairs.
315 318
316 319 - interactive: if True (default), the var will be listed with
317 320 %whos et. al.
318 321
319 322 This utility routine is meant to ease interactive debugging work,
320 323 where you want to easily propagate some internal variable in your code
321 324 up to the interactive namespace for further exploration.
322 325
323 326 When you run code via %run, globals in your script become visible at
324 327 the interactive prompt, but this doesn't happen for locals inside your
325 328 own functions and methods. Yet when debugging, it is common to want
326 329 to explore some internal variables further at the interactive propmt.
327 330
328 331 Examples:
329 332
330 333 To use this, you first must obtain a handle on the ipython object as
331 334 indicated above, via:
332 335
333 336 import IPython.ipapi
334 337 ip = IPython.ipapi.get()
335 338
336 339 Once this is done, inside a routine foo() where you want to expose
337 340 variables x and y, you do the following:
338 341
339 342 def foo():
340 343 ...
341 344 x = your_computation()
342 345 y = something_else()
343 346
344 347 # This pushes x and y to the interactive prompt immediately, even
345 348 # if this routine crashes on the next line after:
346 349 ip.to_user_ns('x y')
347 350 ...
348 351
349 352 # To expose *ALL* the local variables from the function, use:
350 353 ip.to_user_ns(locals())
351 354
352 355 ...
353 356 # return
354 357
355 358
356 359 If you need to rename variables, the dict input makes it easy. For
357 360 example, this call exposes variables 'foo' as 'x' and 'bar' as 'y'
358 361 in IPython user namespace:
359 362
360 363 ip.to_user_ns(dict(x=foo,y=bar))
361 364 """
362 365
363 366 # print 'vars given:',vars # dbg
364 367
365 368 # We need a dict of name/value pairs to do namespace updates.
366 369 if isinstance(vars,dict):
367 370 # If a dict was given, no need to change anything.
368 371 vdict = vars
369 372 elif isinstance(vars,basestring):
370 373 # If a string with names was given, get the caller's frame to
371 374 # evaluate the given names in
372 375 cf = sys._getframe(1)
373 376 vdict = {}
374 377 for name in vars.split():
375 378 try:
376 379 vdict[name] = eval(name,cf.f_globals,cf.f_locals)
377 380 except:
378 381 print ('could not get var. %s from %s' %
379 382 (name,cf.f_code.co_name))
380 383 else:
381 384 raise ValueError('vars must be a string or a dict')
382 385
383 386 # Propagate variables to user namespace
384 387 self.user_ns.update(vdict)
385 388
386 389 # And configure interactive visibility
387 390 config_ns = self.IP.user_config_ns
388 391 if interactive:
389 392 for name,val in vdict.iteritems():
390 393 config_ns.pop(name,None)
391 394 else:
392 395 for name,val in vdict.iteritems():
393 396 config_ns[name] = val
394 397
395 398 def expand_alias(self,line):
396 399 """ Expand an alias in the command line
397 400
398 401 Returns the provided command line, possibly with the first word
399 402 (command) translated according to alias expansion rules.
400 403
401 404 [ipython]|16> _ip.expand_aliases("np myfile.txt")
402 405 <16> 'q:/opt/np/notepad++.exe myfile.txt'
403 406 """
404 407
405 408 pre,fn,rest = self.IP.split_user_input(line)
406 409 res = pre + self.IP.expand_aliases(fn,rest)
407 410 return res
408 411
409 412 def itpl(self, s, depth = 1):
410 413 """ Expand Itpl format string s.
411 414
412 415 Only callable from command line (i.e. prefilter results);
413 416 If you use in your scripts, you need to use a bigger depth!
414 417 """
415 418 return self.IP.var_expand(s, depth)
416 419
417 420 def defalias(self, name, cmd):
418 421 """ Define a new alias
419 422
420 423 _ip.defalias('bb','bldmake bldfiles')
421 424
422 425 Creates a new alias named 'bb' in ipython user namespace
423 426 """
424 427
425 428 self.dbg.check_hotname(name)
426 429
427 430 if name in self.IP.alias_table:
428 431 self.dbg.debug_stack("Alias redefinition: '%s' => '%s' (old '%s')"
429 432 % (name, cmd, self.IP.alias_table[name]))
430 433
431 434 if callable(cmd):
432 435 self.IP.alias_table[name] = cmd
433 436 import IPython.shadowns
434 437 setattr(IPython.shadowns, name,cmd)
435 438 return
436 439
437 440 if isinstance(cmd,basestring):
438 441 nargs = cmd.count('%s')
439 442 if nargs>0 and cmd.find('%l')>=0:
440 443 raise Exception('The %s and %l specifiers are mutually '
441 444 'exclusive in alias definitions.')
442 445
443 446 self.IP.alias_table[name] = (nargs,cmd)
444 447 return
445 448
446 449 # just put it in - it's probably (0,'foo')
447 450 self.IP.alias_table[name] = cmd
448 451
449 452 def defmacro(self, *args):
450 453 """ Define a new macro
451 454
452 455 2 forms of calling:
453 456
454 457 mac = _ip.defmacro('print "hello"\nprint "world"')
455 458
456 459 (doesn't put the created macro on user namespace)
457 460
458 461 _ip.defmacro('build', 'bldmake bldfiles\nabld build winscw udeb')
459 462
460 463 (creates a macro named 'build' in user namespace)
461 464 """
462 465
463 466 import IPython.macro
464 467
465 468 if len(args) == 1:
466 469 return IPython.macro.Macro(args[0])
467 470 elif len(args) == 2:
468 471 self.user_ns[args[0]] = IPython.macro.Macro(args[1])
469 472 else:
470 473 return Exception("_ip.defmacro must be called with 1 or 2 arguments")
471 474
472 475 def set_next_input(self, s):
473 476 """ Sets the 'default' input string for the next command line.
474 477
475 478 Requires readline.
476 479
477 480 Example:
478 481
479 482 [D:\ipython]|1> _ip.set_next_input("Hello Word")
480 483 [D:\ipython]|2> Hello Word_ # cursor is here
481 484 """
482 485
483 486 self.IP.rl_next_input = s
484 487
485 488 def load(self, mod):
486 489 """ Load an extension.
487 490
488 491 Some modules should (or must) be 'load()':ed, rather than just imported.
489 492
490 493 Loading will do:
491 494
492 495 - run init_ipython(ip)
493 496 - run ipython_firstrun(ip)
494 497 """
495 498
496 499 if mod in self.extensions:
497 500 # just to make sure we don't init it twice
498 501 # note that if you 'load' a module that has already been
499 502 # imported, init_ipython gets run anyway
500 503
501 504 return self.extensions[mod]
502 505 __import__(mod)
503 506 m = sys.modules[mod]
504 507 if hasattr(m,'init_ipython'):
505 508 m.init_ipython(self)
506 509
507 510 if hasattr(m,'ipython_firstrun'):
508 511 already_loaded = self.db.get('firstrun_done', set())
509 512 if mod not in already_loaded:
510 513 m.ipython_firstrun(self)
511 514 already_loaded.add(mod)
512 515 self.db['firstrun_done'] = already_loaded
513 516
514 517 self.extensions[mod] = m
515 518 return m
516 519
517 520
518 521 class DebugTools:
519 522 """ Used for debugging mishaps in api usage
520 523
521 524 So far, tracing redefinitions is supported.
522 525 """
523 526
524 527 def __init__(self, ip):
525 528 self.ip = ip
526 529 self.debugmode = False
527 530 self.hotnames = set()
528 531
529 532 def hotname(self, name_to_catch):
530 533 self.hotnames.add(name_to_catch)
531 534
532 535 def debug_stack(self, msg = None):
533 536 if not self.debugmode:
534 537 return
535 538
536 539 import traceback
537 540 if msg is not None:
538 541 print '====== %s ========' % msg
539 542 traceback.print_stack()
540 543
541 544 def check_hotname(self,name):
542 545 if name in self.hotnames:
543 546 self.debug_stack( "HotName '%s' caught" % name)
544 547
545 548
546 549 def launch_new_instance(user_ns = None,shellclass = None):
547 550 """ Make and start a new ipython instance.
548 551
549 552 This can be called even without having an already initialized
550 553 ipython session running.
551 554
552 555 This is also used as the egg entry point for the 'ipython' script.
553 556
554 557 """
555 558 ses = make_session(user_ns,shellclass)
556 559 ses.mainloop()
557 560
558 561
559 562 def make_user_ns(user_ns = None):
560 563 """Return a valid user interactive namespace.
561 564
562 565 This builds a dict with the minimal information needed to operate as a
563 566 valid IPython user namespace, which you can pass to the various embedding
564 567 classes in ipython.
565 568 """
566 569
567 570 if user_ns is None:
568 571 # Set __name__ to __main__ to better match the behavior of the
569 572 # normal interpreter.
570 573 user_ns = {'__name__' :'__main__',
571 574 '__builtins__' : __builtin__,
572 575 }
573 576 else:
574 577 user_ns.setdefault('__name__','__main__')
575 578 user_ns.setdefault('__builtins__',__builtin__)
576 579
577 580 return user_ns
578 581
579 582
580 583 def make_user_global_ns(ns = None):
581 584 """Return a valid user global namespace.
582 585
583 586 Similar to make_user_ns(), but global namespaces are really only needed in
584 587 embedded applications, where there is a distinction between the user's
585 588 interactive namespace and the global one where ipython is running."""
586 589
587 590 if ns is None: ns = {}
588 591 return ns
589 592
590 593
591 594 def make_session(user_ns = None, shellclass = None):
592 595 """Makes, but does not launch an IPython session.
593 596
594 597 Later on you can call obj.mainloop() on the returned object.
595 598
596 599 Inputs:
597 600
598 601 - user_ns(None): a dict to be used as the user's namespace with initial
599 602 data.
600 603
601 604 WARNING: This should *not* be run when a session exists already."""
602 605
603 606 import IPython.Shell
604 607 if shellclass is None:
605 608 return IPython.Shell.start(user_ns)
606 609 return shellclass(user_ns = user_ns)
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