Python Prompt SmartMenu¶
prompt_smart_menu is a library for building command line menus for terminal applications in Python. It allows you to create a multi-tiered argument parsing menu for executing different subcommands of a command line application.
Note
This library is designed around parsing a command string, not command line arguments. That is,
it is intended to be used inside a python application using an input() type interface.
For command line arguments passed to the python script, a library such as argparse would be better suited. Though this library could be used for such purpose.
Note
Though not required, this library was designed to augment the auto-completion feature of Python Prompt Toolkit. The prompt_toolkit library is very powerful, check it out!
Features:
- Declarative interface (That’s why I built this :] )
- Integration with prompt_toolkit auto-completion
- Support for python keyword arguments.
- Different parsers for type casting arguments (e.g. numbers).
- Ability to build custom argument parser.
- Argument validation for endpoint functions.
- Flexibility to mix options (e.g. parsers) for different subcommands.
- No dependencies, though prompt_toolkit highly recommended.
Works with Python 3.6+
Getting started¶
Go to getting started to build your first menu.