API Reference

clean

def clean(string: str, marker: str = "&") -> str

Removes all Dahlia codes from a string.

clean_ansi

def clean_ansi(string: str, marker: str = "&") -> str

Removes all ANSI codes from a string.

Dahlia

DepthInt = Literal[3, 4, 8, 24]

class Dahlia(
    *,
    depth: Depth | DepthInt | str | None = None,
    marker: str = "&",
    auto_reset: bool = True,
)

The core Dahlia class. Accepts the following arguments:

• depth: the color depth¹ to use for styling; when None, Dahlia will try to detect the color depth of the current terminal emulator (Depth.LOW will be used as a fallback). The detected depth can be accessed through the depth property (will stay None if NO_COLOR=1 or TERM=dumb); defaults to None
• marker: the character used to mark the beginning of a Dahlia formatting code; must be a single character; defaults to &
• auto_reset: whether to automatically reset the formatting at the end of a string; defaults to True

Dahlia instances are comparable and hashable.

Dahlia.convert

def convert(self, string: str) -> str

Transforms² a Dahlia string.

Dahlia.input

def input(self, prompt: str) -> str

Wraps the built-in input by transforming² the prompt.

Dahlia.print

def print(self, *args: object, **kwargs: Any) -> None

Wraps the built-in print by transforming² all positional arguments and passing through all keyword arguments.

Depth

class Depth(Enum):
    TTY = 3
    LOW = 4
    MEDIUM = 8
    HIGH = 24

Specifies usable color depth¹ levels.

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1. See "color depth" in the specification's glossary. ↩↩

2. See "transformation" in the specification's glossary. ↩↩↩