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Perinci-Sub-Complete-0.81
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NAME

Perinci::Sub::Complete - Complete command-line argument using Rinci metadata

VERSION

This document describes version 0.81 of Perinci::Sub::Complete (from Perl distribution Perinci-Sub-Complete), released on 2015-09-03.

SYNOPSIS

See Perinci::CmdLine or Perinci::CmdLine::Lite or App::riap which use this module.

DESCRIPTION

FUNCTIONS

complete_arg_elem(%args) -> array

Given argument name and function metadata, complete array element.

Will attempt to complete using the completion routine specified in the argument specification (the completion property, or in the case of complete_arg_elem function, the element_completion property), or if that is not specified, from argument's schema using complete_from_schema.

Completion routine will get %args, with the following keys:

  • word (str, the word to be completed)

  • ci (bool, whether string matching should be case-insensitive)

  • arg (str, the argument name which value is currently being completed)

  • index (int, only for thecomplete_arg_elem` function, the index in the argument array that is currently being completed, starts from 0)

  • args (hash, the argument hash to the function, so far)

as well as extra keys from extras (but these won't overwrite the above standard keys).

Completion routine should return a completion answer structure (described in Complete) which is either a hash or an array. The simplest form of answer is just to return an array of strings. Completion routine can also return undef to express declination.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • arg* => str

    Argument name.

  • args => hash

    Collected arguments so far, will be passed to completion routines.

  • ci => bool

    Whether to be case-insensitive.

  • extras => hash

    Add extra arguments to completion routine.

    The keys from this extras hash will be merged into the final %args passed to completion routines. Note that standard keys like word, cword, ci, and so on as described in the function description will not be overwritten by this.

  • index => int

    Index of element to complete.

  • meta* => hash

    Rinci function metadata, must be normalized.

  • riap_client => obj

    Optional, to perform complete_arg_val to the server.

    When the argument spec in the Rinci metadata contains completion key, this means there is custom completion code for that argument. However, if retrieved from a remote server, sometimes the completion key no longer contains the code (it has been cleansed into a string). Moreover, the completion code needs to run on the server.

    If supplied this argument and te riap_server_url argument, the function will try to request to the server (via Riap request complete_arg_val). Otherwise, the function will just give up/decline completing.

  • riap_server_url => str

    Optional, to perform complete_arg_val to the server.

    See the riap_client argument.

  • riap_uri => str

    Optional, to perform complete_arg_val to the server.

    See the riap_client argument.

  • word => str (default: "")

    Word to be completed.

Return value: (array)

complete_arg_val(%args) -> array

Given argument name and function metadata, complete value.

Will attempt to complete using the completion routine specified in the argument specification (the completion property, or in the case of complete_arg_elem function, the element_completion property), or if that is not specified, from argument's schema using complete_from_schema.

Completion routine will get %args, with the following keys:

  • word (str, the word to be completed)

  • ci (bool, whether string matching should be case-insensitive)

  • arg (str, the argument name which value is currently being completed)

  • index (int, only for thecomplete_arg_elem` function, the index in the argument array that is currently being completed, starts from 0)

  • args (hash, the argument hash to the function, so far)

as well as extra keys from extras (but these won't overwrite the above standard keys).

Completion routine should return a completion answer structure (described in Complete) which is either a hash or an array. The simplest form of answer is just to return an array of strings. Completion routine can also return undef to express declination.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • arg* => str

    Argument name.

  • args => hash

    Collected arguments so far, will be passed to completion routines.

  • ci => bool

    Whether to be case-insensitive.

  • extras => hash

    Add extra arguments to completion routine.

    The keys from this extras hash will be merged into the final %args passed to completion routines. Note that standard keys like word, cword, ci, and so on as described in the function description will not be overwritten by this.

  • meta* => hash

    Rinci function metadata, must be normalized.

  • riap_client => obj

    Optional, to perform complete_arg_val to the server.

    When the argument spec in the Rinci metadata contains completion key, this means there is custom completion code for that argument. However, if retrieved from a remote server, sometimes the completion key no longer contains the code (it has been cleansed into a string). Moreover, the completion code needs to run on the server.

    If supplied this argument and te riap_server_url argument, the function will try to request to the server (via Riap request complete_arg_val). Otherwise, the function will just give up/decline completing.

  • riap_server_url => str

    Optional, to perform complete_arg_val to the server.

    See the riap_client argument.

  • riap_uri => str

    Optional, to perform complete_arg_val to the server.

    See the riap_client argument.

  • word => str (default: "")

    Word to be completed.

Return value: (array)

complete_cli_arg(%args) -> hash

Complete command-line argument using Rinci function metadata.

This routine uses Perinci::Sub::GetArgs::Argv to generate Getopt::Long specification from arguments list in Rinci function metadata and common options. Then, it will use Complete::Getopt::Long to complete option names, option values, as well as arguments.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • common_opts => hash

    Common options.

    A hash where the values are hashes containing these keys: getopt (Getopt::Long option specification), handler (Getopt::Long handler). Will be passed to get_args_from_argv(). Example:

     {
     help => {
         getopt  => 'help|h|?',
         handler => sub { ... },
         summary => 'Display help and exit',
     },
     version => {
         getopt  => 'version|v',
         handler => sub { ... },
         summary => 'Display version and exit',
     },
 }

  • completion => code

    Supply custom completion routine.

    If supplied, instead of the default completion routine, this code will be called instead. Will receive all arguments that Complete::Getopt::Long will pass, and additionally:

    • arg (str, the name of function argument)

    • args (hash, the function arguments formed so far)

    • index (int, if completing argument element value)

  • cword* => int

    On which argument cursor is located (zero-based).

  • extras => hash

    Add extra arguments to completion routine.

    The keys from this extras hash will be merged into the final %args passed to completion routines. Note that standard keys like word, cword, ci, and so on as described in the function description will not be overwritten by this.

  • func_arg_starts_at => int (default: 0)

    This is a (temporary?) workaround for Perinci::CmdLine. In an application with subcommands (e.g. cmd --verbose subcmd arg0 arg1 ...), then words will still contain the subcommand name. Positional function arguments then start at 1 not 0. This option allows offsetting function arguments.

  • meta* => hash

    Rinci function metadata.

  • per_arg_json => bool

    Will be passed to Perinci::Sub::GetArgs::Argv.

  • per_arg_yaml => bool

    Will be passed to Perinci::Sub::GetArgs::Argv.

  • riap_client => obj

    Optional, to perform complete_arg_val to the server.

    When the argument spec in the Rinci metadata contains completion key, this means there is custom completion code for that argument. However, if retrieved from a remote server, sometimes the completion key no longer contains the code (it has been cleansed into a string). Moreover, the completion code needs to run on the server.

    If supplied this argument and te riap_server_url argument, the function will try to request to the server (via Riap request complete_arg_val). Otherwise, the function will just give up/decline completing.

  • riap_server_url => str

    Optional, to perform complete_arg_val to the server.

    See the riap_client argument.

  • riap_uri => str

    Optional, to perform complete_arg_val to the server.

    See the riap_client argument.

  • words* => array[str]

    Command-line arguments.

Return value: (hash)

You can use format_completion function in Complete::Bash module to format the result of this function for bash.

complete_from_schema(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Complete a value from schema.

Employ some heuristics to complete a value from Sah schema. For example, if schema is [str => in => [qw/new open resolved rejected/]], then we can complete from the in clause. Or for something like [int => between => [1, 20]] we can complete using values from 1 to 20.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • ci => bool

  • schema* => any

    Must be normalized.

  • word* => str (default: "")

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

SEE ALSO

Complete, Complete::Getopt::Long

Perinci::CmdLine, Perinci::CmdLine::Lite, App::riap

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Perinci-Sub-Complete.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Perinci-Sub-Complete.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Perinci-Sub-Complete

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.