Rainbow Snake

A simple python package that allows you to colour and format text in both terminal and idle environments.

Example

from rainbowsnake import Color

Color.clear()
Color.clear()
    
Color.output(
    f"\nWelcome to {Color.bold + Color.hexbg('#EE1C25') + Color.hextext('#ffffff')}Mushroom Cafe{Color.hexOFF + Color.boldOFF} Payroll Management \n \n"
)
    
Color.output(
    f"{Color.warning}Please enter a number between 1 and 4{Color.warningOFF} \n"
)
    
Color.output("Select task:")
Color.output(f"{Color.bold}1{Color.boldOFF}. Enter hours worked")
Color.output(f"{Color.bold}2{Color.boldOFF}. Manage employees")
Color.output(f"{Color.bold}3{Color.boldOFF}. Export payroll slips")
Color.output(f"{Color.bold}4{Color.boldOFF}. View statistics \n")

Output of example

Platform Type	Image
Terminal
Idle

About

Rainbow Snake is a python package that allows you to add colour to your command line programs.

Unlike other solutions that target terminal escape codes or idle colouring exclusively, Rainbow Snake works across all platforms, including idle and terminal based systems.

Rainbowsnake supports progressive enhancement. That means that in terminal environments it can display full hex colours, but falls back to simple colour definitions in idle.

In the terminal, Rainbowsnake can provide bold, any hex colour for text and any hex colour for background. It can also colour based on the built-in colours/symbolic styles of error, warning, success, information and important.

In idle, Rainbow Snake can only provide bold and the contextual colours of error warning success information and important.

Usage

Install Package

pip install rainbowsnake

Import color class:

from rainbowsnake import Color

Use Output [print()]

Color.output(f"Sometext")

Use Input

somevalue = Color.input(f"Enter some input: ")

Clear the Terminal

Color.clear()

Bold text

Color.output(f"{Color.bold}Sometext{Color.boldOFF}")

Symbolically Color

Available Colors

Name	Color	Start fString Code	end fString Code
Error	Red	{Color.error}	{Color.errorOFF}
Warning	Yellow	{Color.warning}	{Color.warningOFF}
Success	Green	{Color.success}	{Color.successOFF}
Information	Blue	{Color.information}	{Color.informationOFF}
Important	Purple	{Color.important}	{Color.importantOFF}

Color.output(f"{Color.error}Sometext{Color.errorOFF}")

Hex Color Background

Color.output( f"{color.hexbg('#EE1C25')}Sometext{color.hexOFF}")

Hex Color Text

Color.output( f"{color.hextext('#EE1C25')}Sometext{color.hexOFF}")

Combining Codes

Color.output( f"{color.hexbg('#EE1C25')}This text has a red background{color.hexOFF} and this is {Color.bold}bold{Color.boldOFF} and this an {Color.error}Error{Color.errorOFF}")

API Reference

Available Codes

Available Modifiers

Name	Start fString Code	end fString Code
Bold	{Color.bold}	{Color.boldOFF}

Available Colors

Name	Color	Start fString Code	end fString Code
Error	Red	{Color.error}	{Color.errorOFF}
Warning	Yellow	{Color.warning}	{Color.warningOFF}
Success	Green	{Color.success}	{Color.successOFF}
Information	Blue	{Color.information}	{Color.informationOFF}
Important	Purple	{Color.important}	{Color.importantOFF}

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Hex Colors (Terminal Only)

Type	Start Code	End Code
Text Color	{Color.hextext("#RRGGBB")}	{Color.hexOFF}
Background Color	{Color.hexbg("#RRGGBB")}	{Color.hexOFF}

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Functions

Color.output(string)

Prints styled text using embedded color codes.

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Color.input(string)

Displays a styled prompt and returns user input.

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Color.clear()

Clears the screen.

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Tips

Do not nest codes

Color.output(f"{Color.error}This {Color.warning}will{Color.warningOFF} not work {Color.errorOFF}")

This will result in an error, instead, to change colors, end the current color and start the next color.

Color.output(f"{Color.error}This {Color.errorOFF}{Color.warning}will{Color.warningOFF}{Color.error} not work {Color.errorOFF}")