Naked Framework v0.1.27 Released

A new Naked release was pushed to PyPI and GitHub.  It includes extensive updates to the XDict dictionary extension & several updates to the NakedObject class.  These are classes in the Naked.toolshed.types and Naked.toolshed.c.types library modules.

XDict documentation is now available. 

NakedObject documentation was released last week and is current with the changes that were included in this release.

How to Handle Standard Output and Standard Error from a Ruby Script on the Python Side with the Naked Framework

The Naked.toolshed.shell.muterun_rb() function allows you to execute a Ruby script from your Python code and control the standard output and standard error streams on the Python side. These data are returned as attributes of a generic object without a write to the terminal and can be accessed (along with the exit status code) using standard Python dot syntax.

The returned object’s attributes include:

  • stdout = standard output stream data (or empty string on non-zero exit status)
  • stderr = standard error stream data (or empty string on zero exit status)
  • exitcode = the exit status code

Here’s an example of how a script named testscript.rb could be executed and handled on the Python side of your code:

from Naked.toolshed.shell import muterun_rb

response = muterun_rb('testscript.rb')
if response.exitcode == 0:
    # the command was successful, handle the standard output
    standard_out = response.stdout
    print(standard_out)
else:
    # the command failed or the executable was not present, handle the standard error
    standard_err = response.stderr
    exit_code = response.exitcode
    print('Exit Status ' + exit_code + ': ' + standard_err)

The utility of this approach is that you can manipulate the output or suppress it altogether from the calling code. If you simply intend to print it to the terminal, then use the execute_rb() function in the same module. This allows the Ruby script to maintain control of the data that are displayed in the terminal.

Documentation of these functions is available here.