flake8-rst module

Allows run flake8 on code snippets in docstrings or RST files.

Idea

idea proposed by Mike Bayer on https://github.com/zzzeek/sqlalchemy/pull/362

That said, if there was some alternate form of "doctest" that could simply test a code example both for Python syntax, pep8 compliance (which would be AWESOME) as well as symbol consistency, that would be helpful. The tool could be configured with common imports and symbols significant to SQLAlchemy examples and be helpful as a basic sanity check for code examples. As it is, when writing new documentation I have to organize and run the code in a separate .py file to make sure it does the right thing. So this is a problem, just my experience with doctest in writing the tutorials has shown me what it's good at and where it's likely getting in the way.

Realization inspired by https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs

Usage

You can install tool from pip pip install flake8-rst.

Tool search sourcecode, code-block and ipython blocks, crop and run flake8 on it:

.. sourcecode:: python

    class Example(Base):
        pass

or

.. code-block:: python

    class Example(Base):
        pass

Supporting all flake8 arguments and flags except jobs (temporary), with additional one:

flake8-rst --bootstrap "import test"

flake8-rst bootstraps code snippets with this code, useful for fix import errors. Load configuration from [flake8-rst] ini sections, like flake8.

Advanced Usage

Custom Roles

In order to use custom roles of flake8-rst in documentation with Sphinx, extend sphinx with flake8_rst.sphinxext.custom_roles in conf.py. The roles have no effect on the generated documentation.

extensions = [...,
              'flake8_rst.sphinxext.custom_roles'
              ]

Keep in mind:

• Roles added to blocks within the same group (except group None) have no effect unless they appear in the first block.
• provided bootstrap-code will get split by ; into individual lines.
• E999 SyntaxError: invalid syntax causes flake8 to skip AST tests. Keep mandatory E999 issues in blocks with :flake8-group: Ignore to preserve full testing for the rest of the blocks.

Default block naming

You can specify default groupnames for all directives individually:

flake8-rst --default-groupnames '<file-pattern>-><directive>: <groupname>'

file-pattern and directive are matched by Unix filename pattern matching in the order of appearance.

The default is *.rst->*: default, so all blocks in *.rst files are merged, in other files they stay individual.

But it's also possible to merge only ipython directives in *.rst files and leave other directives treated individually: "*.rst->ipython: default"

Examples:

flake8-rst --default-groupnames "*.rst->*: default"

[flake8-rst]
default-groupnames =
    *.rst-*: default
    *.py-code-block: default

Disconnected blocks don't know previous defined names:

.. code-block:: python

    class Example(Base):
        pass

.. code-block:: python
    
    import datetime
    
    obj = Example(datetime.datetime.now())            # F821 undefined name 'Example'
    

Once blocks are connected, different issues are found:

.. code-block:: python
    :flake8-group: ExampleGroup
    
    class Example(Base):
        pass

.. code-block:: python
    :flake8-group: ExampleGroup
    
    import datetime                                   # E402 module level import not at top of file
    
    obj = Example(datetime.datetime.now())
    

If appropriate, issues can be ignored for a specific group:

.. code-block:: python
    :flake8-group: ExampleGroup1
    :flake8-set-ignore: E402
    
    class Example(Base):
        pass

.. code-block:: python
    :flake8-group: ExampleGroup1
    
    import datetime
    
    obj = Example(datetime.datetime.now())



.. code-block:: python
    :flake8-group: ExampleGroup2
    
    class Example(Base):
        pass

.. code-block:: python
    :flake8-group: ExampleGroup2
    :flake8-set-ignore: E402                          # no effect, because it's not defined in first 
                                                      # block of ExampleGroup2 
        
    import datetime                                   # E402 module level import not at top of file
    
    obj = Example(datetime.datetime.now())
    
    

Example

d.kataev:flake8-rst§ flake8-rst --filename="*.py *.rst" tests/data/* --bootstrap="from sqlalchemy import Table, Column, Sequence, Integer, ForeignKey, String, DateTime"
tests/data/test.py:14:42: F821 undefined name 'metadata'
tests/data/test.py:15:13: E128 continuation line under-indented for visual indent
tests/data/test.py:16:28: F821 undefined name 'JSONB'
tests/data/test.py:19:14: F821 undefined name 'engine'
tests/data/test.py:22:21: E251 unexpected spaces around keyword / parameter equals
tests/data/test.py:22:23: E251 unexpected spaces around keyword / parameter equals
tests/data/test.rst:27:48: F821 undefined name 'metadata'
tests/data/test.rst:41:22: F821 undefined name 'meta'
tests/data/test.rst:56:52: F821 undefined name 'meta'
tests/data/test.rst:57:32: F821 undefined name 'meta'
tests/data/test.rst:69:20: F821 undefined name 'Base'
tests/data/test.rst:72:56: F821 undefined name 'Base'