Overload str in client class to give a pretty print

[asmfstatoil]

I want to see name and type of data server that client is connected to when calling print(client). Will make it fast and easy to pass connection information to loggers...

[einarsi]

A pretty-printed string may not be the best option for something to pass along to other functions. How about something like this instead? client.status() {"name": "Servername", "imstype": "aspenone", "imsbasetype": "ip21"} (imsbasetype included since using Web API and ODBC should not matter)

You can format this however you want to your logger.

I suppose I could also define a str method that uses the same information but with no requirements on format.

[asmfstatoil]

str is the informal string representation of an object (and repr the formal one), it is a nice feature alongside the listing you specified.

Primary use case for pretty print strings are debugging and logging for me.