Guard clause library for Python projects, to validate arguments on every python function/method.

Installation

You can install the latest version of this software from the Python package index (PyPI) as follows:

pip install --upgrade checkarg

Usage

Using CheckArg to validate numbers

In the following example we want to guarantee the first argument is a negative number and the second argument has a positive value or zero:

import checkarg.number as Number

def doSomethingValid(negative_number: int, positive_number: int):
    Number.is_lower(negative_number, 0)
    Number.is_greater_or_equals(positive_number, 0)

    return negative_number, positive_number

Using CheckArg to validate text

The following example requires the string of the first argument has some content, if it is None or empty or whith whitespaces, it will rise an exception. The second argument only requires to not be None or an empty message:

import checkarg.text as Text

def doSomethingValid(title: str, body: str):
    Text.is_not_whitespace(title)
    Text.is_not_empty(body)

    return title, body

Controlling the flow with the exceptions

Whenever the CheckArg detects something wrong it will raise different exceptions by the context. This is an example controling the flow execution:

import checkarg.none_type as NoneType
import checkarg.number as Number
import checkarg.text as Text

from checkarg.exceptions import ArgumentNoneError, ArgumentError, ArgumentOutOfRangeError


def lookup_name(mapping, key: str, default: int):
    try:
        Number.is_greater(default, 0)
    except ArgumentOutOfRangeError:
        return None

    try:
        NoneType.is_not_none(mapping)
    except ArgumentNoneError:
        return default
    
    try:
        Text.is_not_empty(key)
    except (ArgumentError, ArgumentNoneError) as e:
        return default

    return mapping[key]

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License

MIT