Traitlets config API reference#

class traitlets.config.Configurable(**kwargs: Any)#

classmethod class_config_rst_doc()#

Generate rST documentation for this class’ config options.

Excludes traits defined on parent classes.

classmethod class_config_section(classes=None)#

Get the config section for this class.

Parameters:: classes (list, optional) – The list of other classes in the config file. Used to reduce redundant information.

classmethod class_get_help(inst=None)#

Get the help string for this class in ReST format.

If inst is given, its current trait values will be used in place of class defaults.

classmethod class_get_trait_help(trait, inst=None, helptext=None)#

Get the helptext string for a single trait.

Parameters:

inst – If given, its current trait values will be used in place of the class default.
helptext – If not given, uses the help attribute of the current trait.

classmethod class_print_help(inst=None)#: Get the help string for a single trait and print it.

classmethod section_names()#: return section names as a list

update_config(config)#: Update config and load the new values

class traitlets.config.SingletonConfigurable(**kwargs: Any)#

A configurable that only allows one instance.

This class is for classes that should only have one instance of itself or any subclass. To create and retrieve such a class use the SingletonConfigurable.instance() method.

classmethod clear_instance()#: unset _instance for this class and singleton parents.

classmethod initialized()#: Has an instance been created?

classmethod instance(*args, **kwargs)#

Returns a global instance of this class.

This method create a new instance if none have previously been created and returns a previously created instance is one already exists.

The arguments and keyword arguments passed to this method are passed on to the __init__() method of the class upon instantiation.

Examples

Create a singleton class using instance, and retrieve it:

>>> from traitlets.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable
>>> class Foo(SingletonConfigurable): pass
>>> foo = Foo.instance()
>>> foo == Foo.instance()
True

Create a subclass that is retrived using the base class instance:

>>> class Bar(SingletonConfigurable): pass
>>> class Bam(Bar): pass
>>> bam = Bam.instance()
>>> bam == Bar.instance()
True

class traitlets.config.LoggingConfigurable(**kwargs: Any)#

A parent class for Configurables that log.

Subclasses have a log trait, and the default behavior is to get the logger from the currently running Application.

log#: Logger or LoggerAdapter instance

class traitlets.config.JSONFileConfigLoader(filename, path=None, **kw)#

A JSON file loader for config

Can also act as a context manager that rewrite the configuration file to disk on exit.

Example:

with JSONFileConfigLoader('myapp.json','/home/jupyter/configurations/') as c:
    c.MyNewConfigurable.new_value = 'Updated'

load_config()#: Load the config from a file and return it as a Config object.

class traitlets.config.Application(**kwargs: Any)#

A singleton application with full configuration support.

document_config_options()#

Generate rST format documentation for the config options this application

Returns a multiline string.

emit_alias_help()#: Yield the lines for alias part of the help.

emit_description()#: Yield lines with the application description.

emit_examples()#

Yield lines with the usage and examples.

This usage string goes at the end of the command line help string and should contain examples of the application’s usage.

emit_flag_help()#: Yield the lines for the flag part of the help.

emit_help(classes=False)#

Yield the help-lines for each Configurable class in self.classes.

If classes=False (the default), only flags and aliases are printed.

emit_help_epilogue(classes)#

Yield the very bottom lines of the help message.

If classes=False (the default), print –help-all msg.

emit_options_help()#: Yield the lines for the options part of the help.

emit_subcommands_help()#: Yield the lines for the subcommand part of the help.

flatten_flags()#

Flatten flags and aliases for loaders, so cl-args override as expected.

This prevents issues such as an alias pointing to InteractiveShell, but a config file setting the same trait in TerminalInteraciveShell getting inappropriate priority over the command-line arg. Also, loaders expect (key: longname) and not key: (longname, help) items.

Only aliases with exactly one descendent in the class list will be promoted.

generate_config_file(classes=None)#: generate default config file from Configurables

get_default_logging_config()#

Return the base logging configuration.

The default is to log to stderr using a StreamHandler, if no default handler already exists.

The log handler level starts at logging.WARN, but this can be adjusted by setting the log_level attribute.

The logging_config trait is merged into this allowing for finer control of logging.

initialize(argv=None)#

Do the basic steps to configure me.

Override in subclasses.

initialize_subcommand(subc, argv=None)#: Initialize a subcommand with argv.

json_config_loader_class#: alias of JSONFileConfigLoader

classmethod launch_instance(argv=None, **kwargs)#

Launch a global instance of this Application

If a global instance already exists, this reinitializes and starts it

load_config_file(filename, path=None)#: Load config files by filename and path.

property loaded_config_files#: Currently loaded configuration files

log_datefmt: str | Unicode[str, str | bytes]#: The date format used by logging formatters for %(asctime)s

log_format: str | Unicode[str, str | bytes]#: The Logging format template

log_level: str | int | Enum[Any, Any]#: Set the log level by value or name.

parse_command_line(argv=None)#: Parse the command line arguments.

print_alias_help()#: Print the alias parts of the help.

print_description()#: Print the application description.

print_examples()#: Print usage and examples (see emit_examples()).

print_flag_help()#: Print the flag part of the help.

print_help(classes=False)#

Print the help for each Configurable class in self.classes.

If classes=False (the default), only flags and aliases are printed.

print_options()#: Print the options part of the help.

print_subcommands()#: Print the subcommand part of the help.

print_version()#: Print the version string.

python_config_loader_class#: alias of PyFileConfigLoader

show_config: bool | Bool[bool, bool | int]#: Instead of starting the Application, dump configuration to stdout

show_config_json: bool | Bool[bool, bool | int]#: Instead of starting the Application, dump configuration to stdout (as JSON)

start()#

Start the app mainloop.

Override in subclasses.

start_show_config()#: start function used when show_config is True

class traitlets.config.Config(*args, **kwds)#

An attribute-based dict that can do smart merges.

Accessing a field on a config object for the first time populates the key with either a nested Config object for keys starting with capitals or LazyConfigValue for lowercase keys, allowing quick assignments such as:

c = Config()
c.Class.int_trait = 5
c.Class.list_trait.append("x")

collisions(other: Config) → Dict[str, Any]#

Check for collisions between two config objects.

Returns a dict of the form {“Class”: {“trait”: “collision message”}}`, indicating which values have been ignored.

An empty dict indicates no collisions.

copy() → a shallow copy of D#

has_key(key)#: True if the dictionary has the specified key, else False.

merge(other)#: merge another config object into this one

class traitlets.config.loader.LazyConfigValue(**kwargs: Any)#

Proxy object for exposing methods on configurable containers

These methods allow appending/extending/updating to add to non-empty defaults instead of clobbering them.

Exposes:

append, extend, insert on lists
update on dicts
update, add on sets

add(obj)#: Add an item to a set

append(obj)#: Append an item to a List

extend(other)#: Extend a list

get_value(initial)#

construct the value from the initial one

after applying any insert / extend / update changes

merge_into(other)#

Merge with another earlier LazyConfigValue or an earlier container. This is useful when having global system-wide configuration files.

Self is expected to have higher precedence.

Parameters:: other (LazyConfigValue or container) –
Returns:: if other is also lazy, a reified container otherwise.
Return type:: LazyConfigValue

prepend(other)#: like list.extend, but for the front

to_dict()#

return JSONable dict form of my data

Currently update as dict or set, extend, prepend as lists, and inserts as list of tuples.

update(other)#: Update either a set or dict

A config loader that loads aliases and flags with argparse,

as well as arbitrary –Class.trait value

Create a config loader for use with argparse.

Parameters:

classes (optional, list) – The classes to scan for container config-traits and decide for their “multiplicity” when adding them as argparse arguments.
argv (optional, list) – If given, used to read command-line arguments from, otherwise sys.argv[1:] is used.
*parser_args (tuple) – A tuple of positional arguments that will be passed to the constructor of argparse.ArgumentParser.
**parser_kw (dict) – A tuple of keyword arguments that will be passed to the constructor of argparse.ArgumentParser.
aliases (dict of str to str) – Dict of aliases to full traitlets names for CLI parsing
flags (dict of str to str) – Dict of flags to full traitlets names for CLI parsing
log – Passed to ConfigLoader

Returns:

config – The resulting Config object.

Return type:

Config

load_config(argv=None, aliases=None, flags=<Sentinel deprecated>, classes=None)#

Parse command line arguments and return as a Config object.

Parameters:

argv (optional, list) – If given, a list with the structure of sys.argv[1:] to parse arguments from. If not given, the instance’s self.argv attribute (given at construction time) is used.
flags – Deprecated in traitlets 5.0, instanciate the config loader with the flags.