A set of convenience utils for Python requiring no external libs. Some of the best tricks from django-htk, without the bloat and Django dependency.

1. Debug via Slack using slack_debug and slack_debug_json. The best of println debugging, without the inconvenience of visually fishing for one message out of thousands of log lines.

1. Install via PIP: pip install htk-lite
2. (Alternative install via clone) Installe via local clone: clone this repository into a directory named htk (preferred) or htk_lite
   SSH: git clone [email protected]:hacktoolkit/python-htk-lite.git htk
   HTTPS: git clone https://github.com/hacktoolkit/python-htk-lite.git
3. Create local_settings.py and add your Slack incoming webhook URL to SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL.

1. You can place it outside of your app directory tree, and then symlink it inside.
2. To not be nagged by the presence of the htk directory whenever you do git status, add htk to your .git/info/exclude file (like .gitignore, but only in your local repository, not checked in).

1. Example usage in Python Shell

   In [1]: from htk import slack_debug
   
   In [2]: from htk import slack_debug_json
   
   In [3]: slack_debug('This is seriously awesome!')
   Out[3]: <Response [200]>
   
   In [4]: slack_debug('Yeah, no kidding.')
   Out[4]: <Response [200]>
   
   In [5]: slack_debug_json({'A':1,'B':2,'C':3,'X':['foo','bar','baz'],'Z':{'nested_key':'nested_val
      ...: ue'}}),
   Out[5]: (None,)
   

2. Check your Slack to verify that the message was posted. If not, perhaps your token was wrong, or the Slack integration was disabled.
   (Alternative link to screenshot above: https://cl.ly/436cfb4383a2)
3. Profit!

1. (Recommended) Create a BASH alias or similar: alias fdb='touch /tmp/fdebug.log; tail -f /tmp/fdebug.log'
   1. In a separate window used for debugging, run fdb to watch the logs roll in.
2. from htk import fdb
3. fdb('Not all heroes wear capes')

• C# - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/csharp-htk
• PHP - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/php-htk
• Python (full) - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/python-htk
• Python (lite) - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/python-htk-lite
• Ruby - https://github.com/hacktoolkit/htk-rb

• Hacktoolkit
• Jonathan Tsai

MIT. See LICENSE.md