python-htk

A set of convenience utils for Python requiring no external libs. Some of the best tricks from django-htk, without the bloat and Django dependency.

Features

• Debug via Slack using slack_debug and slack_debug_json. The best of println debugging, without the inconvenience of visually fishing for one message out of thousands of log lines.
• Debug via writing to local file using fdb (fdebug) and fdb_json (fdebug_json). Certifiably awesome, fast, and secure.

How To Use This Awesome?

Installation

1. Install via PIP: pip install htk
2. (Alternative install via clone) Install via local clone: clone this repository into a directory named htk
   SSH: git clone git@github.com:hacktoolkit/python-htk.git htk
   HTTPS: git clone https://github.com/hacktoolkit/python-htk.git
3. Add your Slack incoming webhook URL.
   1. Create an ENV variable named HTK_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL or SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL.
   2. For a local clone, you can also create a local_settings.py and add the constant HTK_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL or SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL within.

Tips on Location of HTK Module (for Local Installation Only)

1. You can place it outside of your app directory tree, and then symlink it inside.
2. To not be nagged by the presence of the htk directory whenever you do git status, add htk to your .git/info/exclude file (like .gitignore, but only in your local repository, not checked in).

Slack Debug

1. Example usage in Python Shell

   In [1]: from htk import slack_debug
   
   In [2]: from htk import slack_debug_json
   
   In [3]: slack_debug('This is seriously awesome!')
   Out[3]: <Response [200]>
   
   In [4]: slack_debug('Yeah, no kidding.')
   Out[4]: <Response [200]>
   
   In [5]: slack_debug_json({'A':1,'B':2,'C':3,'X':['foo','bar','baz'],'Z':{'nested_key':'nested_val
      ...: ue'}}),
   Out[5]: (None,)
   

2. Check your Slack to verify that the message was posted. If not, perhaps your token was wrong, or the Slack integration was disabled.
   (Alternative link to screenshot above: https://cl.ly/436cfb4383a2)
3. Profit!

FDebug (FDB aka fdb, short for fdebug)

1. (Recommended) Create a BASH alias or similar: alias fdb='touch /tmp/fdebug.log; tail -f /tmp/fdebug.log'
   1. By default, the file path which fdb writes to is /tmp/fdebug.log. This is because /tmp is generally a writeable path on most systems.
   2. In a separate window used for debugging, run fdb to watch the logs roll in.
2. from htk import fdb
3. fdb('Not all heroes wear capes')
   1. If a different file path is desired, simply invoke fdb with its second optional argument: `fdb('log or debugging message', file_path='/path/to/fdebug.log')

See Also

• C# - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/csharp-htk
• JavaScript - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/htk.js
• PHP - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/php-htk
• Python (full) - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/python-htk
• Python (lite) - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/python-htk-lite
• Ruby - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/htk-rb

Authors and Maintainers

• Hacktoolkit
• Jonathan Tsai

License

MIT. See LICENSE.md