file_output#
Abstract base class for subcommands that output to a file (or stdout).
- class FileOutputSubcommand(parser: ArgumentParser)[source]#
- Abstract subcommand to output applications as some type of file. - abstract file_contents(args: Namespace, doc: Document) str | bytes | list[str] | list[bytes][source]#
- Subclasses must override this method to return the contents of the output file for the given doc. subclassed methods return different types: str: html, json bytes: SVG, png - Raises:
 
 - classmethod files_arg(output_type_name: str) tuple[str | tuple[str, ...], Argument][source]#
- Returns a positional arg for - filesto specify file inputs to the command.- Subclasses should include this to their class - args.- Example - class Foo(FileOutputSubcommand): args = ( FileOutputSubcommand.files_arg("FOO"), # more args for Foo ) + FileOutputSubcommand.other_args() 
 - classmethod other_args() tuple[tuple[str | tuple[str, ...], Argument], ...][source]#
- Return args for - -o/- --outputto specify where output should be written, and for a- --argsto pass on any additional command line args to the subcommand.- Subclasses should append these to their class - args.- Example - class Foo(FileOutputSubcommand): args = ( FileOutputSubcommand.files_arg("FOO"), # more args for Foo ) + FileOutputSubcommand.other_args()