/src/googlecl/discovery/output.py

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"""Subfunctions for GoogleCL.

Manages the formatting and output of generated responses
"""
import pprint

def output(resp, mode = 'pprint'):
  """Outputs the generated response according to defined formatting

  Args:
    resp: The actual response to be formatted and displayed
    mode: What type of formatting is used
  """
  if mode == 'none':
    print resp
  elif mode == 'pprint':
    pprint.pprint(resp)
  elif mode == 'clean':
    cprint(resp)

def cprint(resp, st=1):
  """ Displays a json object, dict, or list
  More readable that pprint, but interchangeable.
  Recursively calls itself to display nested subfields

  Args:
    resp: The object to be displayed
    st: A counter for the current indentation
  """
  for arg in resp:
    if isinstance(resp, dict):
      if isinstance(resp[arg], dict) or isinstance(resp[arg], list):  
        print (' '*st) + arg + ":"
        cprint(resp[arg], st+2)
      else:
       try:
        print (' '*st) + arg + ": " + str(resp[arg])
       except UnicodeEncodeError:
        print (' '*st) + arg + ": " + resp[arg]
    else:
      if isinstance(arg, dict) or isinstance(arg, list):
        cprint(arg, st)
      else:
        print (' '*st) + arg