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  • rbtools.hooks.common¶

    Common functionality for working with repository hooks.

    Functions

    close_review_request(server_url, username, ...)

    Closes the specified review request as submitted.

    execute(command, *[, text, strip])

    Execute the specified command and return the stdout output.

    get_api(server_url, **kwargs)

    Returns an RBClient instance and the associated root resource.

    get_review_request(review_request_id, api_root)

    Returns the review request resource for the given ID.

    get_review_request_approval(server_url, ...)

    Returns the approval information for the given review request.

    get_review_request_id(regex, commit_message)

    Returns the review request ID referenced in the commit message.

    initialize_logging([debug])

    Sets up a log handler to format log messages.

    Exceptions

    HookError

    exception rbtools.hooks.common.HookError[source]¶

    Bases: Exception

    rbtools.hooks.common.get_api(server_url, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Returns an RBClient instance and the associated root resource.

    Hooks should use this method to gain access to the API, instead of instantiating their own client.

    Parameters:
    • server_url (unicode) – The server URL to retrieve.

    • **kwargs (dict) – Additional keyword arguments to pass to the RBClient constructor. See SyncTransport.__init__() for arguments that are accepted.

    Returns:

    This returns a 2-tuple of the RBClient and <root resource> rbtools.api.resource.Resource.

    Return type:

    tuple

    rbtools.hooks.common.execute(command: Union[List[str], str], *, text: bool = False, strip: bool = True) → Optional[Union[bytes, str]][source]¶

    Execute the specified command and return the stdout output.

    Changed in version 5.0: Added the text and strip arguments.

    Deprecated since version 5.0: Deprecated in favor of run_process().

    Parameters:
    • command (str or list of str) – The command to execute.

    • text (bool, optional) –

      If True, this will return the output as a string, otherwise it will return bytes. This defaults to False.

      New in version 5.0.

    • strip (bool, optional) –

      Whether to strip leading and trailing whitespace from the output of the command. This defaults to True.

      New in version 5.0.

    Returns:

    The stdout output of the command or None if the command failed to execute.

    Return type:

    bytes or str

    rbtools.hooks.common.initialize_logging(debug: bool = False) → None[source]¶

    Sets up a log handler to format log messages.

    Warning, error, and critical messages will show the level name as a prefix, followed by the message. Debug logs can optionally be enabled as well.

    Changed in version 4.1: Added the debug argument.

    Parameters:

    debug (bool, optional) –

    Whether to enable debug logging.

    New in version 4.1.

    rbtools.hooks.common.get_review_request_id(regex, commit_message)[source]¶

    Returns the review request ID referenced in the commit message.

    We assume there is at most one review request associated with each commit. If a matching review request cannot be found, we return 0.

    rbtools.hooks.common.get_review_request(review_request_id, api_root)[source]¶

    Returns the review request resource for the given ID.

    rbtools.hooks.common.close_review_request(server_url, username, password, review_request_id, description)[source]¶

    Closes the specified review request as submitted.

    rbtools.hooks.common.get_review_request_approval(server_url, username, password, review_request_id)[source]¶

    Returns the approval information for the given review request.

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