'
_GoInteractive = object()
def __call__(self, request=_GoInteractive):
if request is not self._GoInteractive:
self.help(request)
else:
self.intro()
self.interact()
self.output.write('''
You are now leaving help and returning to the Python interpreter.
If you want to ask for help on a particular object directly from the
interpreter, you can type "help(object)". Executing "help('string')"
has the same effect as typing a particular string at the help> prompt.
''')
def interact(self):
self.output.write('\n')
while True:
try:
request = self.getline('help> ')
if not request: break
except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
break
request = replace(request, '"', '', "'", '').strip()
if request.lower() in ('q', 'quit'): break
self.help(request)
def getline(self, prompt):
"""Read one line, using input() when appropriate."""
if self.input is sys.stdin:
return input(prompt)
else:
self.output.write(prompt)
self.output.flush()
return self.input.readline()
def help(self, request):
if type(request) is type(''):
request = request.strip()
if request == 'help': self.intro()
elif request == 'keywords': self.listkeywords()
elif request == 'symbols': self.listsymbols()
elif request == 'topics': self.listtopics()
elif request == 'modules': self.listmodules()
elif request[:8] == 'modules ':
self.listmodules(request.split()[1])
elif request in self.symbols: self.showsymbol(request)
elif request in ['True', 'False', 'None']:
# special case these keywords since they are objects too
doc(eval(request), 'Help on %s:')
elif request in self.keywords: self.showtopic(request)
elif request in self.topics: self.showtopic(request)
elif request: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output)
elif isinstance(request, Helper): self()
else: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output)
self.output.write('\n')
def intro(self):
self.output.write('''
Welcome to Python %s! This is the interactive help utility.
If this is your first time using Python, you should definitely check out
the tutorial on the Internet at http://docs.python.org/%s/tutorial/.
Enter the name of any module, keyword, or topic to get help on writing
Python programs and using Python modules. To quit this help utility and
return to the interpreter, just type "quit".
To get a list of available modules, keywords, or topics, type "modules",
"keywords", or "topics". Each module also comes with a one-line summary
of what it does; to list the modules whose summaries contain a given word
such as "spam", type "modules spam".
''' % tuple([sys.version[:3]]*2))
def list(self, items, columns=4, width=80):
items = list(sorted(items))
colw = width // columns
rows = (len(items) + columns - 1) // columns
for row in range(rows):
for col in range(columns):
i = col * rows + row
if i < len(items):
self.output.write(items[i])
if col < columns - 1:
self.output.write(' ' + ' ' * (colw - 1 - len(items[i])))
self.output.write('\n')
def listkeywords(self):
self.output.write('''
Here is a list of the Python keywords. Enter any keyword to get more help.
''')
self.list(self.keywords.keys())
def listsymbols(self):
self.output.write('''
Here is a list of the punctuation symbols which Python assigns special meaning
to. Enter any symbol to get more help.
''')
self.list(self.symbols.keys())
def listtopics(self):
self.output.write('''
Here is a list of available topics. Enter any topic name to get more help.
''')
self.list(self.topics.keys())
def showtopic(self, topic, more_xrefs=''):
try:
import pydoc_data.topics
except ImportError:
self.output.write('''
Sorry, topic and keyword documentation is not available because the
module "pydoc_data.topics" could not be found.
''')
return
target = self.topics.get(topic, self.keywords.get(topic))
if not target:
self.output.write('no documentation found for %s\n' % repr(topic))
return
if type(target) is type(''):
return self.showtopic(target, more_xrefs)
label, xrefs = target
try:
doc = pydoc_data.topics.topics[label]
except KeyError:
self.output.write('no documentation found for %s\n' % repr(topic))
return
pager(doc.strip() + '\n')
if more_xrefs:
xrefs = (xrefs or '') + ' ' + more_xrefs
if xrefs:
import formatter
buffer = io.StringIO()
formatter.DumbWriter(buffer).send_flowing_data(
'Related help topics: ' + ', '.join(xrefs.split()) + '\n')
self.output.write('\n%s\n' % buffer.getvalue())
def _gettopic(self, topic, more_xrefs=''):
"""Return unbuffered tuple of (topic, xrefs).
If an error occurs here, the exception is caught and displayed by
the url handler.
This function duplicates the showtopic method but returns its
result directly so it can be formatted for display in an html page.
"""
try:
import pydoc_data.topics
except ImportError:
return('''
Sorry, topic and keyword documentation is not available because the
module "pydoc_data.topics" could not be found.
''' , '')
target = self.topics.get(topic, self.keywords.get(topic))
if not target:
raise ValueError('could not find topic')
if isinstance(target, str):
return self._gettopic(target, more_xrefs)
label, xrefs = target
doc = pydoc_data.topics.topics[label]
if more_xrefs:
xrefs = (xrefs or '') + ' ' + more_xrefs
return doc, xrefs
def showsymbol(self, symbol):
target = self.symbols[symbol]
topic, _, xrefs = target.partition(' ')
self.showtopic(topic, xrefs)
def listmodules(self, key=''):
if key:
self.output.write('''
Here is a list of matching modules. Enter any module name to get more help.
''')
apropos(key)
else:
self.output.write('''
Please wait a moment while I gather a list of all available modules...
''')
modules = {}
def callback(path, modname, desc, modules=modules):
if modname and modname[-9:] == '.__init__':
modname = modname[:-9] + ' (package)'
if modname.find('.') < 0:
modules[modname] = 1
def onerror(modname):
callback(None, modname, None)
ModuleScanner().run(callback, onerror=onerror)
self.list(modules.keys())
self.output.write('''
Enter any module name to get more help. Or, type "modules spam" to search
for modules whose descriptions contain the word "spam".
''')
help = Helper()
class Scanner:
"""A generic tree iterator."""
def __init__(self, roots, children, descendp):
self.roots = roots[:]
self.state = []
self.children = children
self.descendp = descendp
def next(self):
if not self.state:
if not self.roots:
return None
root = self.roots.pop(0)
self.state = [(root, self.children(root))]
node, children = self.state[-1]
if not children:
self.state.pop()
return self.next()
child = children.pop(0)
if self.descendp(child):
self.state.append((child, self.children(child)))
return child
class ModuleScanner:
"""An interruptible scanner that searches module synopses."""
def run(self, callback, key=None, completer=None, onerror=None):
if key: key = key.lower()
self.quit = False
seen = {}
for modname in sys.builtin_module_names:
if modname != '__main__':
seen[modname] = 1
if key is None:
callback(None, modname, '')
else:
name = __import__(modname).__doc__ or ''
desc = name.split('\n')[0]
name = modname + ' - ' + desc
if name.lower().find(key) >= 0:
callback(None, modname, desc)
for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.walk_packages(onerror=onerror):
if self.quit:
break
if key is None:
callback(None, modname, '')
else:
try:
loader = importer.find_module(modname)
except SyntaxError:
# raised by tests for bad coding cookies or BOM
continue
if hasattr(loader, 'get_source'):
try:
source = loader.get_source(modname)
except Exception:
if onerror:
onerror(modname)
continue
desc = source_synopsis(io.StringIO(source)) or ''
if hasattr(loader, 'get_filename'):
path = loader.get_filename(modname)
else:
path = None
else:
try:
module = loader.load_module(modname)
except ImportError:
if onerror:
onerror(modname)
continue
desc = (module.__doc__ or '').splitlines()[0]
path = getattr(module,'__file__',None)
name = modname + ' - ' + desc
if name.lower().find(key) >= 0:
callback(path, modname, desc)
if completer:
completer()
def apropos(key):
"""Print all the one-line module summaries that contain a substring."""
def callback(path, modname, desc):
if modname[-9:] == '.__init__':
modname = modname[:-9] + ' (package)'
print(modname, desc and '- ' + desc)
def onerror(modname):
pass
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore') # ignore problems during import
ModuleScanner().run(callback, key, onerror=onerror)
# --------------------------------------- enhanced Web browser interface
def _start_server(urlhandler, port):
"""Start an HTTP server thread on a specific port.
Start an HTML/text server thread, so HTML or text documents can be
browsed dynamically and interactively with a Web browser. Example use:
>>> import time
>>> import pydoc
Define a URL handler. To determine what the client is asking
for, check the URL and content_type.
Then get or generate some text or HTML code and return it.
>>> def my_url_handler(url, content_type):
... text = 'the URL sent was: (%s, %s)' % (url, content_type)
... return text
Start server thread on port 0.
If you use port 0, the server will pick a random port number.
You can then use serverthread.port to get the port number.
>>> port = 0
>>> serverthread = pydoc._start_server(my_url_handler, port)
Check that the server is really started. If it is, open browser
and get first page. Use serverthread.url as the starting page.
>>> if serverthread.serving:
... import webbrowser
The next two lines are commented out so a browser doesn't open if
doctest is run on this module.
#... webbrowser.open(serverthread.url)
#True
Let the server do its thing. We just need to monitor its status.
Use time.sleep so the loop doesn't hog the CPU.
>>> starttime = time.time()
>>> timeout = 1 #seconds
This is a short timeout for testing purposes.
>>> while serverthread.serving:
... time.sleep(.01)
... if serverthread.serving and time.time() - starttime > timeout:
... serverthread.stop()
... break
Print any errors that may have occurred.
>>> print(serverthread.error)
None
"""
import http.server
import email.message
import select
import threading
class DocHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
"""Process a request from an HTML browser.
The URL received is in self.path.
Get an HTML page from self.urlhandler and send it.
"""
if self.path.endswith('.css'):
content_type = 'text/css'
else:
content_type = 'text/html'
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header('Content-Type', '%s; charset=UTF-8' % content_type)
self.end_headers()
self.wfile.write(self.urlhandler(
self.path, content_type).encode('utf-8'))
def log_message(self, *args):
# Don't log messages.
pass
class DocServer(http.server.HTTPServer):
def __init__(self, port, callback):
self.host = 'localhost'
self.address = (self.host, port)
self.callback = callback
self.base.__init__(self, self.address, self.handler)
self.quit = False
def serve_until_quit(self):
while not self.quit:
rd, wr, ex = select.select([self.socket.fileno()], [], [], 1)
if rd:
self.handle_request()
self.server_close()
def server_activate(self):
self.base.server_activate(self)
if self.callback:
self.callback(self)
class ServerThread(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self, urlhandler, port):
self.urlhandler = urlhandler
self.port = int(port)
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
self.serving = False
self.error = None
def run(self):
"""Start the server."""
try:
DocServer.base = http.server.HTTPServer
DocServer.handler = DocHandler
DocHandler.MessageClass = email.message.Message
DocHandler.urlhandler = staticmethod(self.urlhandler)
docsvr = DocServer(self.port, self.ready)
self.docserver = docsvr
docsvr.serve_until_quit()
except Exception as e:
self.error = e
def ready(self, server):
self.serving = True
self.host = server.host
self.port = server.server_port
self.url = 'http://%s:%d/' % (self.host, self.port)
def stop(self):
"""Stop the server and this thread nicely"""
self.docserver.quit = True
self.serving = False
self.url = None
thread = ServerThread(urlhandler, port)
thread.start()
# Wait until thread.serving is True to make sure we are
# really up before returning.
while not thread.error and not thread.serving:
time.sleep(.01)
return thread
def _url_handler(url, content_type="text/html"):
"""The pydoc url handler for use with the pydoc server.
If the content_type is 'text/css', the _pydoc.css style
sheet is read and returned if it exits.
If the content_type is 'text/html', then the result of
get_html_page(url) is returned.
"""
class _HTMLDoc(HTMLDoc):
def page(self, title, contents):
"""Format an HTML page."""
css_path = "pydoc_data/_pydoc.css"
css_link = (
'' %
css_path)
return '''\
Pydoc: %s
%s%s%s
''' % (title, css_link, html_navbar(), contents)
def filelink(self, url, path):
return '%s' % (url, path)
html = _HTMLDoc()
def html_navbar():
version = html.escape("%s [%s, %s]" % (platform.python_version(),
platform.python_build()[0],
platform.python_compiler()))
return """
Python %s
%s
""" % (version, html.escape(platform.platform(terse=True)))
def html_index():
"""Module Index page."""
def bltinlink(name):
return '%s' % (name, name)
heading = html.heading(
'Index of Modules',
'#ffffff', '#7799ee')
names = [name for name in sys.builtin_module_names
if name != '__main__']
contents = html.multicolumn(names, bltinlink)
contents = [heading, '' + html.bigsection(
'Built-in Modules', '#ffffff', '#ee77aa', contents)]
seen = {}
for dir in sys.path:
contents.append(html.index(dir, seen))
contents.append(
'
pydoc by Ka-Ping Yee'
'<ping@lfw.org>')
return 'Index of Modules', ''.join(contents)
def html_search(key):
"""Search results page."""
# scan for modules
search_result = []
def callback(path, modname, desc):
if modname[-9:] == '.__init__':
modname = modname[:-9] + ' (package)'
search_result.append((modname, desc and '- ' + desc))
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore') # ignore problems during import
ModuleScanner().run(callback, key)
# format page
def bltinlink(name):
return '%s' % (name, name)
results = []
heading = html.heading(
'Search Results',
'#ffffff', '#7799ee')
for name, desc in search_result:
results.append(bltinlink(name) + desc)
contents = heading + html.bigsection(
'key = %s' % key, '#ffffff', '#ee77aa', '
'.join(results))
return 'Search Results', contents
def html_getfile(path):
"""Get and display a source file listing safely."""
path = path.replace('%20', ' ')
with tokenize.open(path) as fp:
lines = html.escape(fp.read())
body = '
%s
' % lines
heading = html.heading(
'File Listing',
'#ffffff', '#7799ee')
contents = heading + html.bigsection(
'File: %s' % path, '#ffffff', '#ee77aa', body)
return 'getfile %s' % path, contents
def html_topics():
"""Index of topic texts available."""
def bltinlink(name):
return '%s' % (name, name)
heading = html.heading(
'INDEX',
'#ffffff', '#7799ee')
names = sorted(Helper.topics.keys())
contents = html.multicolumn(names, bltinlink)
contents = heading + html.bigsection(
'Topics', '#ffffff', '#ee77aa', contents)
return 'Topics', contents
def html_keywords():
"""Index of keywords."""
heading = html.heading(
'INDEX',
'#ffffff', '#7799ee')
names = sorted(Helper.keywords.keys())
def bltinlink(name):
return '%s' % (name, name)
contents = html.multicolumn(names, bltinlink)
contents = heading + html.bigsection(
'Keywords', '#ffffff', '#ee77aa', contents)
return 'Keywords', contents
def html_topicpage(topic):
"""Topic or keyword help page."""
buf = io.StringIO()
htmlhelp = Helper(buf, buf)
contents, xrefs = htmlhelp._gettopic(topic)
if topic in htmlhelp.keywords:
title = 'KEYWORD'
else:
title = 'TOPIC'
heading = html.heading(
'%s' % title,
'#ffffff', '#7799ee')
contents = '%s
' % html.markup(contents)
contents = html.bigsection(topic , '#ffffff','#ee77aa', contents)
if xrefs:
xrefs = sorted(xrefs.split())
def bltinlink(name):
return '%s' % (name, name)
xrefs = html.multicolumn(xrefs, bltinlink)
xrefs = html.section('Related help topics: ',
'#ffffff', '#ee77aa', xrefs)
return ('%s %s' % (title, topic),
''.join((heading, contents, xrefs)))
def html_getobj(url):
obj = locate(url, forceload=1)
if obj is None and url != 'None':
raise ValueError('could not find object')
title = describe(obj)
content = html.document(obj, url)
return title, content
def html_error(url, exc):
heading = html.heading(
'Error',
'#ffffff', '#7799ee')
contents = '
'.join(html.escape(line) for line in
format_exception_only(type(exc), exc))
contents = heading + html.bigsection(url, '#ffffff', '#bb0000',
contents)
return "Error - %s" % url, contents
def get_html_page(url):
"""Generate an HTML page for url."""
complete_url = url
if url.endswith('.html'):
url = url[:-5]
try:
if url in ("", "index"):
title, content = html_index()
elif url == "topics":
title, content = html_topics()
elif url == "keywords":
title, content = html_keywords()
elif '=' in url:
op, _, url = url.partition('=')
if op == "search?key":
title, content = html_search(url)
elif op == "getfile?key":
title, content = html_getfile(url)
elif op == "topic?key":
# try topics first, then objects.
try:
title, content = html_topicpage(url)
except ValueError:
title, content = html_getobj(url)
elif op == "get?key":
# try objects first, then topics.
if url in ("", "index"):
title, content = html_index()
else:
try:
title, content = html_getobj(url)
except ValueError:
title, content = html_topicpage(url)
else:
raise ValueError('bad pydoc url')
else:
title, content = html_getobj(url)
except Exception as exc:
# Catch any errors and display them in an error page.
title, content = html_error(complete_url, exc)
return html.page(title, content)
if url.startswith('/'):
url = url[1:]
if content_type == 'text/css':
path_here = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
css_path = os.path.join(path_here, url)
with open(css_path) as fp:
return ''.join(fp.readlines())
elif content_type == 'text/html':
return get_html_page(url)
# Errors outside the url handler are caught by the server.
raise TypeError('unknown content type %r for url %s' % (content_type, url))
def browse(port=0, *, open_browser=True):
"""Start the enhanced pydoc Web server and open a Web browser.
Use port '0' to start the server on an arbitrary port.
Set open_browser to False to suppress opening a browser.
"""
import webbrowser
serverthread = _start_server(_url_handler, port)
if serverthread.error:
print(serverthread.error)
return
if serverthread.serving:
server_help_msg = 'Server commands: [b]rowser, [q]uit'
if open_browser:
webbrowser.open(serverthread.url)
try:
print('Server ready at', serverthread.url)
print(server_help_msg)
while serverthread.serving:
cmd = input('server> ')
cmd = cmd.lower()
if cmd == 'q':
break
elif cmd == 'b':
webbrowser.open(serverthread.url)
else:
print(server_help_msg)
except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
print()
finally:
if serverthread.serving:
serverthread.stop()
print('Server stopped')
# -------------------------------------------------- command-line interface
def ispath(x):
return isinstance(x, str) and x.find(os.sep) >= 0
def cli():
"""Command-line interface (looks at sys.argv to decide what to do)."""
import getopt
class BadUsage(Exception): pass
# Scripts don't get the current directory in their path by default
# unless they are run with the '-m' switch
if '' not in sys.path:
scriptdir = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
if scriptdir in sys.path:
sys.path.remove(scriptdir)
sys.path.insert(0, '.')
try:
opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'bk:p:w')
writing = False
start_server = False
open_browser = False
port = None
for opt, val in opts:
if opt == '-b':
start_server = True
open_browser = True
if opt == '-k':
apropos(val)
return
if opt == '-p':
start_server = True
port = val
if opt == '-w':
writing = True
if start_server:
if port is None:
port = 0
browse(port, open_browser=open_browser)
return
if not args: raise BadUsage
for arg in args:
if ispath(arg) and not os.path.exists(arg):
print('file %r does not exist' % arg)
break
try:
if ispath(arg) and os.path.isfile(arg):
arg = importfile(arg)
if writing:
if ispath(arg) and os.path.isdir(arg):
writedocs(arg)
else:
writedoc(arg)
else:
help.help(arg)
except ErrorDuringImport as value:
print(value)
except (getopt.error, BadUsage):
cmd = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))[0]
print("""pydoc - the Python documentation tool
{cmd} ...
Show text documentation on something. may be the name of a
Python keyword, topic, function, module, or package, or a dotted
reference to a class or function within a module or module in a
package. If contains a '{sep}', it is used as the path to a
Python source file to document. If name is 'keywords', 'topics',
or 'modules', a listing of these things is displayed.
{cmd} -k
Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all available modules.
{cmd} -p
Start an HTTP server on the given port on the local machine. Port
number 0 can be used to get an arbitrary unused port.
{cmd} -b
Start an HTTP server on an arbitrary unused port and open a Web browser
to interactively browse documentation. The -p option can be used with
the -b option to explicitly specify the server port.
{cmd} -w ...
Write out the HTML documentation for a module to a file in the current
directory. If contains a '{sep}', it is treated as a filename; if
it names a directory, documentation is written for all the contents.
""".format(cmd=cmd, sep=os.sep))
if __name__ == '__main__':
cli()