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    rbtools.commands.status_update¶

    Implementation of rbt status-update.

    Classes

    BaseStatusUpdateSubCommand(options, config, ...)

    Base class for all status update subcommands.

    DeleteStatusUpdateSubCommand(options, ...)

    Subcommand for deleting status updates.

    GetStatusUpdateSubCommand(options, config, ...)

    Subcommand for displaying information on status updates.

    SetStatusUpdateSubCommand(options, config, ...)

    Subcommand for creating or modifying status updates.

    StatusUpdate(transport_cls, stdout, stderr, ...)

    Interact with review request status updates on Review Board.

    class rbtools.commands.status_update.BaseStatusUpdateSubCommand(options: Namespace, config: RBToolsConfig, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: BaseSubCommand

    Base class for all status update subcommands.

    This provides utilities for printing information or storing JSON data on status updates.

    New in version 3.0.

    needs_api: ClassVar[bool] = True[source]¶

    Whether the command needs the API client.

    If this is set, the initialization of the command will set api_client and api_root.

    New in version 3.0.

    Type:

    bool

    print(response)[source]¶

    Print output in format specified by user.

    Parameters:

    response (list, dict) – Response from API with list of status-updates or a single status-update.

    class rbtools.commands.status_update.GetStatusUpdateSubCommand(options: Namespace, config: RBToolsConfig, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: BaseStatusUpdateSubCommand

    Subcommand for displaying information on status updates.

    New in version 3.0.

    name: ClassVar[str] = 'get'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    str

    option_list: ClassVar[list[Union[Option, OptionGroup]]] = [<rbtools.commands.base.options.OptionGroup object>][source]¶

    Command-line options for this command.

    Type:

    list of Option or OptionGroup

    main()[source]¶

    Handle getting status update information from Review Board.

    Raises:
    • rbtools.commands.CommandError – Error with the execution of the command.

    • rbtools.commands.CommandExit – Stop executing and return an exit status.

    class rbtools.commands.status_update.SetStatusUpdateSubCommand(options: Namespace, config: RBToolsConfig, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: BaseStatusUpdateSubCommand

    Subcommand for creating or modifying status updates.

    New in version 3.0.

    name: ClassVar[str] = 'set'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    str

    option_list: ClassVar[list[Union[Option, OptionGroup]]] = [<rbtools.commands.base.options.OptionGroup object>][source]¶

    Command-line options for this command.

    Type:

    list of Option or OptionGroup

    main()[source]¶

    Handle setting status update information on Review Board.

    Raises:
    • rbtools.commands.CommandError – Error with the execution of the command.

    • rbtools.commands.CommandExit – Stop executing and return an exit status.

    add_review()[source]¶

    Handle adding a review to a review request from a json file.

    Looks for reviews, diff_comments, and general_comments keys in the json file contents and populates the review accordingly.

    To find appropriate inputs for each key:

    reviews:

    Look at Web API documentation for POST on the Review List resource for available fields.

    diff_comments:

    Look at Web API documentation for POST on the Review Diff Comment List resource for available fields. All diff comments require first_line, filediff_id, num_lines, and text field to be specified.

    general_comments:

    Look at Web API documentation for POST on the Review General Comment List resource for available fields. All general comments require text field to be specified.

    Example file contents:

    {
        "review": {
            "body_top": "Header comment"
        },
        "diff_comments": [
            {
                "filediff_id": 10,
                "first_line": 729,
                "issue_opened": true,
                "num_lines": 1,
                "text": "Adding a comment on a diff line",
                "text_type": "markdown"
            }
        ],
        "general_comments": [
            {
                "text": "Adding a general comment",
                "text_type": "markdown"
            }
        ]
    }
    
    Raises:

    rbtools.commands.CommandError – Error with the execution of the command.

    class rbtools.commands.status_update.DeleteStatusUpdateSubCommand(options: Namespace, config: RBToolsConfig, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: BaseStatusUpdateSubCommand

    Subcommand for deleting status updates.

    New in version 3.0.

    name: ClassVar[str] = 'delete'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    str

    option_list: ClassVar[list[Union[Option, OptionGroup]]] = [<rbtools.commands.base.options.OptionGroup object>][source]¶

    Command-line options for this command.

    Type:

    list of Option or OptionGroup

    main()[source]¶

    Handle deleting status updates on Review Board.

    Raises:

    rbtools.commands.CommandError – Error with the execution of the command.

    class rbtools.commands.status_update.StatusUpdate(transport_cls: type[Transport] = <class 'rbtools.api.transport.sync.SyncTransport'>, stdout: TextIO = <_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdout>' mode='w' encoding='utf-8'>, stderr: TextIO = <_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stderr>' mode='w' encoding='utf-8'>, stdin: TextIO = <_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdin>' mode='r' encoding='utf-8'>)[source]¶

    Bases: BaseMultiCommand

    Interact with review request status updates on Review Board.

    This command allows setting, getting and deleting status updates for review requests.

    A status update is a way for a third-party service or extension to mark some kind of status on a review request.

    name: ClassVar[str] = 'status-update'[source]¶

    The name of the command.

    Type:

    str

    author: ClassVar[str] = 'The Review Board Project'[source]¶

    The author of the command.

    Type:

    str

    description: ClassVar[str] = 'Interact with review request status updates on Review Board.'[source]¶

    A short description of the command, suitable for display in usage text.

    Type:

    str

    subcommands: list[type[BaseSubCommand]] = [<class 'rbtools.commands.status_update.GetStatusUpdateSubCommand'>, <class 'rbtools.commands.status_update.SetStatusUpdateSubCommand'>, <class 'rbtools.commands.status_update.DeleteStatusUpdateSubCommand'>][source]¶

    The available subcommands.

    This is a list of BaseSubCommand subclasses.

    Type:

    list

    common_subcommand_option_list: list[Union[Option, OptionGroup]] = [<rbtools.commands.base.options.OptionGroup object>, <rbtools.commands.base.options.OptionGroup object>][source]¶

    Options common to all subcommands.

    Type:

    list

    run_from_argv(argv)[source]¶

    Execute the command using the provided arguments.

    This will first check if the command is being called in the legacy (pre-RBTools 3) style, with the subcommand name as the last argument. If so, a warning will be logged and the order of arguments will be corrected.

    Parameters:

    argv (list of unicode) – The list of command line arguments.

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