# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ %store magic for lightweight persistence. Stores variables, aliases and macros in IPython's database. To automatically restore stored variables at startup, add this to your :file:`ipython_config.py` file:: c.StoreMagic.autorestore = True """ #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2012, The IPython Development Team. # # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License. # # The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software. #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Imports #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Stdlib import inspect, os, sys, textwrap # Our own from IPython.core.error import UsageError from IPython.core.fakemodule import FakeModule from IPython.core.magic import Magics, magics_class, line_magic from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Functions and classes #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- def restore_aliases(ip): staliases = ip.db.get('stored_aliases', {}) for k,v in staliases.items(): #print "restore alias",k,v # dbg #self.alias_table[k] = v ip.alias_manager.define_alias(k,v) def refresh_variables(ip): db = ip.db for key in db.keys('autorestore/*'): # strip autorestore justkey = os.path.basename(key) try: obj = db[key] except KeyError: print "Unable to restore variable '%s', ignoring (use %%store -d to forget!)" % justkey print "The error was:", sys.exc_info()[0] else: #print "restored",justkey,"=",obj #dbg ip.user_ns[justkey] = obj def restore_dhist(ip): ip.user_ns['_dh'] = ip.db.get('dhist',[]) def restore_data(ip): refresh_variables(ip) restore_aliases(ip) restore_dhist(ip) @magics_class class StoreMagics(Magics): """Lightweight persistence for python variables. Provides the %store magic.""" @skip_doctest @line_magic def store(self, parameter_s=''): """Lightweight persistence for python variables. Example:: In [1]: l = ['hello',10,'world'] In [2]: %store l In [3]: exit (IPython session is closed and started again...) ville@badger:~$ ipython In [1]: l Out[1]: ['hello', 10, 'world'] Usage: * ``%store`` - Show list of all variables and their current values * ``%store spam`` - Store the *current* value of the variable spam to disk * ``%store -d spam`` - Remove the variable and its value from storage * ``%store -z`` - Remove all variables from storage * ``%store -r`` - Refresh all variables from store (delete current vals) * ``%store -r spam bar`` - Refresh specified variables from store (delete current val) * ``%store foo >a.txt`` - Store value of foo to new file a.txt * ``%store foo >>a.txt`` - Append value of foo to file a.txt It should be noted that if you change the value of a variable, you need to %store it again if you want to persist the new value. Note also that the variables will need to be pickleable; most basic python types can be safely %store'd. Also aliases can be %store'd across sessions. """ opts,argsl = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'drz',mode='string') args = argsl.split(None,1) ip = self.shell db = ip.db # delete if 'd' in opts: try: todel = args[0] except IndexError: raise UsageError('You must provide the variable to forget') else: try: del db['autorestore/' + todel] except: raise UsageError("Can't delete variable '%s'" % todel) # reset elif 'z' in opts: for k in db.keys('autorestore/*'): del db[k] elif 'r' in opts: if args: for arg in args: try: obj = db['autorestore/' + arg] except KeyError: print "no stored variable %s" % arg else: ip.user_ns[arg] = obj else: restore_data(ip) # run without arguments -> list variables & values elif not args: vars = db.keys('autorestore/*') vars.sort() if vars: size = max(map(len, vars)) else: size = 0 print 'Stored variables and their in-db values:' fmt = '%-'+str(size)+'s -> %s' get = db.get for var in vars: justkey = os.path.basename(var) # print 30 first characters from every var print fmt % (justkey, repr(get(var, ''))[:50]) # default action - store the variable else: # %store foo >file.txt or >>file.txt if len(args) > 1 and args[1].startswith('>'): fnam = os.path.expanduser(args[1].lstrip('>').lstrip()) if args[1].startswith('>>'): fil = open(fnam, 'a') else: fil = open(fnam, 'w') obj = ip.ev(args[0]) print "Writing '%s' (%s) to file '%s'." % (args[0], obj.__class__.__name__, fnam) if not isinstance (obj, basestring): from pprint import pprint pprint(obj, fil) else: fil.write(obj) if not obj.endswith('\n'): fil.write('\n') fil.close() return # %store foo try: obj = ip.user_ns[args[0]] except KeyError: # it might be an alias # This needs to be refactored to use the new AliasManager stuff. if args[0] in ip.alias_manager: name = args[0] nargs, cmd = ip.alias_manager.alias_table[ name ] staliases = db.get('stored_aliases',{}) staliases[ name ] = cmd db['stored_aliases'] = staliases print "Alias stored: %s (%s)" % (name, cmd) return else: raise UsageError("Unknown variable '%s'" % args[0]) else: if isinstance(inspect.getmodule(obj), FakeModule): print textwrap.dedent("""\ Warning:%s is %s Proper storage of interactively declared classes (or instances of those classes) is not possible! Only instances of classes in real modules on file system can be %%store'd. """ % (args[0], obj) ) return #pickled = pickle.dumps(obj) db[ 'autorestore/' + args[0] ] = obj print "Stored '%s' (%s)" % (args[0], obj.__class__.__name__) def load_ipython_extension(ip): """Load the extension in IPython.""" ip.register_magics(StoreMagics)