uritemplate/template.py

"""

uritemplate.template
====================

This module contains the essential inner workings of uritemplate.

What treasures await you:

- URITemplate class

You see a treasure chest of knowledge in front of you.
What do you do?
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"""

import re
from uritemplate.variable import URIVariable

template_re = re.compile('{([^\}]+)}')


def _merge(var_dict, overrides):
    if var_dict:
        opts = var_dict.copy()
        opts.update(overrides)
        return opts
    return overrides


class URITemplate(object):

    """This parses the template and will be used to expand it.

    This is the most important object as the center of the API.

    Example::

        from uritemplate import URITemplate
        import requests


        t = URITemplate(
            'https://api.github.com/users/sigmavirus24/gists{/gist_id}'
        )
        uri = t.expand(gist_id=123456)
        resp = requests.get(uri)
        for gist in resp.json():
            print(gist['html_url'])

    Please note::

        str(t)
        # 'https://api.github.com/users/sigmavirus24/gists{/gistid}'
        repr(t)  # is equivalent to
        # URITemplate(str(t))
        # Where str(t) is interpreted as the URI string.

    Also, ``URITemplates`` are hashable so they can be used as keys in
    dictionaries.

    """

    def __init__(self, uri):
        #: The original URI to be parsed.
        self.uri = uri
        #: A list of the variables in the URI. They are stored as
        #: :class:`URIVariable`\ s
        self.variables = [
            URIVariable(m.groups()[0]) for m in template_re.finditer(self.uri)
        ]
        #: A set of variable names in the URI.
        self.variable_names = set()
        for variable in self.variables:
            self.variable_names.update(variable.variable_names)

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'URITemplate("%s")' % self

    def __str__(self):
        return self.uri

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self.uri == other.uri

    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(self.uri)

    def _expand(self, var_dict, replace):
        if not self.variables:
            return self.uri

        expansion = var_dict
        expanded = {}
        for v in self.variables:
            expanded.update(v.expand(expansion))

        def replace_all(match):
            return expanded.get(match.groups()[0], '')

        def replace_partial(match):
            match = match.groups()[0]
            var = '{%s}' % match
            return expanded.get(match) or var

        replace = replace_partial if replace else replace_all

        return template_re.sub(replace, self.uri)

    def expand(self, var_dict=None, **kwargs):
        """Expand the template with the given parameters.

        :param dict var_dict: Optional dictionary with variables and values
        :param kwargs: Alternative way to pass arguments
        :returns: str

        Example::

            t = URITemplate('https://api.github.com{/end}')
            t.expand({'end': 'users'})
            t.expand(end='gists')

        .. note:: Passing values by both parts, may override values in
                  ``var_dict``. For example::

                      expand('https://{var}', {'var': 'val1'}, var='val2')

                  ``val2`` will be used instead of ``val1``.

        """
        return self._expand(_merge(var_dict, kwargs), False)

    def partial(self, var_dict=None, **kwargs):
        """Partially expand the template with the given parameters.

        If all of the parameters for the template are not given, return a
        partially expanded template.

        :param dict var_dict: Optional dictionary with variables and values
        :param kwargs: Alternative way to pass arguments
        :returns: :class:`URITemplate`

        Example::

            t = URITemplate('https://api.github.com{/end}')
            t.partial()  # => URITemplate('https://api.github.com{/end}')

        """
        return URITemplate(self._expand(_merge(var_dict, kwargs), True))