Blink

Blink allows you to easily bind jQuery-like events to your Python apps.

Dependencies

Python 2.6+ and tested on Python 3+

• nose 1.1.2
• yanc 0.2.3

Make Targets

1. make install installs Blink locally in development mode.
2. make uninstall removes Blink locally
3. make test runs the unit test suite
4. make clean removes any garbage files that usage and installation generates

Installing From Github

$: pip install git+git://github.com/wilhelm-murdoch/blink.git

Or, add the following line to a requirements.txt file:

-e git+ssh://git@github.com/wilhelm-murdoch/blink.git#egg=blink

Example

  from blink import blink

  @blink.bind('blink:event')
  def blinker_event(message):
    print message

  blink.trigger('blink:event', message='This is a message.')
  >>> 'This is a message.'

Or, create your own blink.Blink instance to pass throughout your application:

  import blink

  blinker = blink.Blink()

Methods

blink.bind

Bind a callback to the specified event.

  def callback(message):
    print message

  blink.bind('blink:event', callback)
  blink.trigger('blink:event', message='This is a message.')
  >>> 'This is a message.'

You can also use the blink.bind() method as a decorator:

  @blink.bind('blink:event')
  def callback(message):
    print message

  blink.trigger('blink:event', message='This is a message.')
  >>> 'This is a message.'

blink.unbind

Unbinds the specified callback from the specified event:

  blink.unbind('blink:event', callback)

However, if you wish to unbind all callbacks from a specified event, just leave out the callback parameter:

  blink.unbind('blink:event')

blink.trigger

Invokes all callbacks associated with the specified event name. You may pass arbitrary arguments through and they will be appear as *args and or **kwargs within each associated callback.

  from blink import blink

  @blink.bind('blink:event')
  def blinker_event(*args, **kwargs):
    print args, kwargs

  blink.trigger('blink:event', 1, 2, 3, 4, foo=True, bar=False)
  >>> (1, 2, 3, 4) {'foo': True, 'bar': False}