allow Stage to be nofail, close #218

pypiper/pipeline.py

@@ -332,7 +332,10 @@ def run(self, start_point=None, stop_before=None, stop_after=None):
 
             print(f"Running stage: {getattr(stage, 'name', str(stage))}")
 
-            stage.run()
+            try:
+                stage.run()
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.manager._triage_error(e, nofail=stage.nofail)
             self.executed.append(stage)
             self.checkpoint(stage)
 

pypiper/stage.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Stage(object):
     collection of commands that is checkpointed.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, func, f_args=None, f_kwargs=None, name=None, checkpoint=True):
+    def __init__(self, func, f_args=None, f_kwargs=None, name=None, checkpoint=True, *, nofail=False):
         """
         A function, perhaps with arguments, defines the stage.
 
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ def __init__(self, func, f_args=None, f_kwargs=None, name=None, checkpoint=True)
         :param dict f_kwargs: Keyword arguments for func
         :param str name: name for the phase/stage
         :param callable func: Object that defines how the stage will execute.
+        :param bool nofail: Allow a failure of this stage to not fail the pipeline
+            in which it's running
         """
         if isinstance(func, Stage):
             raise TypeError("Cannot create Stage from Stage")
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ def __init__(self, func, f_args=None, f_kwargs=None, name=None, checkpoint=True)
         self.f_kwargs = f_kwargs or dict()
         self.name = name or func.__name__
         self.checkpoint = checkpoint
+        self.nofail = nofail
 
     @property
     def checkpoint_name(self):