wexpect | Windows variant of pexpect | Automation library

by raczben Python Version: 4.0.1.dev9 License: MIT

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kandi X-RAY | wexpect Summary

wexpect is a Python library typically used in Telecommunications, Media, Advertising, Marketing, Automation applications. wexpect has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has build file available, it has a Permissive License and it has high support. You can install using 'pip install wexpect' or download it from GitHub, PyPI.

Wexpect is a Python module for spawning child applications and controlling them automatically. Wexpect can be used for automating interactive applications such as ssh, ftp, passwd, telnet, etc. It can be used to a automate setup scripts for duplicating software package installations on different servers. It can be used for automated software testing. Wexpect is in the spirit of Don Libes' Expect, but Wexpect is pure Python. Other Expect-like modules for Python require TCL and Expect or require C extensions to be compiled. Wexpect does not use C, Expect, or TCL extensions. Original Pexpect should work on any platform that supports the standard Python pty module. While Wexpect works on Windows platforms. The Wexpect interface focuses on ease of use so that simple tasks are easy.

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wexpect has a highly active ecosystem.

It has 40 star(s) with 13 fork(s). There are 5 watchers for this library.

It had no major release in the last 12 months.

There are 15 open issues and 31 have been closed. On average issues are closed in 142 days. There are no pull requests.

It has a negative sentiment in the developer community.

The latest version of wexpect is 4.0.1.dev9

Quality

wexpect has 0 bugs and 0 code smells.

Security

wexpect has no vulnerabilities reported, and its dependent libraries have no vulnerabilities reported.

wexpect code analysis shows 0 unresolved vulnerabilities.

There are 0 security hotspots that need review.

License

wexpect is licensed under the MIT License. This license is Permissive.

Permissive licenses have the least restrictions, and you can use them in most projects.

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wexpect releases are not available. You will need to build from source code and install.

Deployable package is available in PyPI.

Build file is available. You can build the component from source.

Installation instructions are not available. Examples and code snippets are available.

Top functions reviewed by kandi - BETA

kandi has reviewed wexpect and discovered the below as its top functions. This is intended to give you an instant insight into wexpect implemented functionality, and help decide if they suit your requirements.

Spawn a child process
Start a new child process
Spawn a new child process
Switch to the console
Run the given command
Spawn a new process
Read loop
Check if process is alive
Start a child process
Joins a list of arguments
Implementation of write
Searches for pattern matching patterns
Read data from the cursor
Terminate programmatically
Send data to socket
Send EOF
Terminate the EOF
Read lines from the file
Terminate command
Read data from the file
Test the command to set echo echo
Wait for the screen to finish
Test the cmd executable
Expect pattern_list
Read data from the socket
Read up to size bytes

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wexpect Key Features

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wexpect Examples and Code Snippets

wexpect,Usage

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License : Permissive (MIT)

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import wexpect

prompt = '[A-Z]\:.+>'

child = wexpect.spawn('cmd.exe')
child.expect(prompt)    # Wait for startup prompt

child.sendline('dir')   # List the current directory
child.expect(prompt)

print(child.before)     # Print the list
child.se

wexpect,Install

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License : Permissive (MIT)

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pip install wexpect

Community Discussions

Trending Discussions on wexpect

How to automatically feed command line input into python program

QUESTION

How to automatically feed command line input into python program

Asked 2020-Aug-21 at 14:48

I have inherited a program made by someone else which makes considerable effort to be "interactive", using the following kind of syntax:

x = input("What is the value of x")

There are dozens of input statements in nested if blocks. To start refactoring this program I need to set up some benchmarks which can cover the whole code and automatically input all combinations of user input.

What is a quick way to get the program to accept user input via a python script?

EDIT

I have tried the windows alternative to pexpect which seems to work OK.

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ANSWER

Answered 2020-Aug-21 at 10:36

You have few options:

load a config file
use cli arguments (sys.argv)
use env variables (os.getenv(..))

I would go with getting 1 input from the caller. This input points to a config file (json,yaml,ini) that holds rest of the input you need. So you will change the logic of the code and ask fro the user input only when you can data in the config. Example:

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63520890

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Vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities reported

Install wexpect

You can install using 'pip install wexpect' or download it from GitHub, PyPI.
You can use wexpect like any standard Python library. You will need to make sure that you have a development environment consisting of a Python distribution including header files, a compiler, pip, and git installed. Make sure that your pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date. When using pip it is generally recommended to install packages in a virtual environment to avoid changes to the system.

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For any new features, suggestions and bugs create an issue on GitHub. If you have any questions check and ask questions on community page Stack Overflow .

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