Gerrishon Sirere

Posted on Dec 26, 2021 • Updated on Apr 21, 2022

Build CLIs with quo

#python #programming #tutorial #productivity

Forever Scalable

Quo is a Python based toolkit for writing Command-Line Interface(CLI) applications.
Quo is making headway towards composing speedy and orderly CLI applications while forestalling any disappointments brought about by the failure to execute a CLI API.
Simple to code, easy to learn, and does not come with needless baggage.

Quo requires Python 3.8 or later.

Features

[x] Support for tabular presentation of data
[x] Interactive progressbars
[x] Code completions
[x] Nesting of commands
[x] Automatic help page generation
[x] Syntax highlighting
[x] Autosuggestions
[x] Key Binders

Getting Started

Installation

You can install quo via the Python Package Index (PyPI)

pip install -U quo

quo.echo

Example 1

   from quo import echo

   echo(f"Hello, World!", fg="red", italic=True, bold=True))

Example 2

   from quo import echo

   echo(f"Quo is ", nl=False)
   echo(f"scalable", bg="red", fg="black")

Unlike the builtin print function, echo function has improved support for handling Unicode and binary data.
It also supports handling of ANSI color sequences.

quo.prompt

   from quo import prompt

   prompt("What is your name?")

quo.Prompt

   from quo.prompt import Prompt

   session = Prompt(bottom_toolbar="Python 🐍 is great")
   session.prompt("Type something:")

Quo autocompletion

   # Press [Tab] to autocomplete
   from quo.prompt import Prompt
   from quo.completion import WordCompleter

   completer = WordCompleter(['USA', 'UK', 'Canada', 'Kenya'])
   session = Prompt(completer=completer)
   session.prompt('Which country are you from?: ')

Quo frame


   from quo import container
   from quo.widget import TextArea, Frame
   # Example of a simple layout
   content = TextArea("Hello world🌍")
   container(
        Frame(
            content,
            title="Quo: python🐍")
         )

Quo table

   from quo.table import Table


   data = [
     ["Name", "Gender", "Age"],
     ["Alice", "F", 24],
     ["Bob", "M", 19],
     ["Dave", "M", 24]
   ]

   Table(data)

For more intricate examples, have a look in the examples directory and the documentation.

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Quo is...

Simple
If you know Python you can easily use quo and it can integrate with just about anything.

Getting Help

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Resources

Bug tracker

If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or annoyances please report them
to our issue tracker at
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License📑

This software is licensed under the MIT License. See the License file in the top distribution directory for the full license text.

Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant,
version 1.2.0 available at
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