Add file-like pager: click.get_pager_file()

CHANGES.rst

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ Unreleased
 -   When generating a command's name from a decorated function's name, the
     suffixes ``_command``, ``_cmd``, ``_group``, and ``_grp`` are removed.
     :issue:`2322`
+-   Add ``click.get_pager_file`` for file-like access to an output
+    pager. :pr:`1572`
 
 
 Version 8.1.8

docs/api.rst

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Utilities
 
 .. autofunction:: echo_via_pager
 
+.. autofunction:: get_pager_file
+
 .. autofunction:: prompt
 
 .. autofunction:: confirm

docs/utils.rst

@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ If you want to use the pager for a lot of text, especially if generating everyth
         click.echo_via_pager(_generate_output())
 
 
+For more complex programs, which can't easily use a simple generator, you
+can get access to a writable file-like object for the pager, and write to
+that instead:
+
+.. click:example::
+    @click.command()
+    def less():
+        with click.get_pager_file() as pager:
+            for idx in range(50000):
+                print(idx, file=pager)
+
+
 Screen Clearing
 ---------------
 

src/click/__init__.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 from .termui import confirm as confirm
 from .termui import echo_via_pager as echo_via_pager
 from .termui import edit as edit
+from .termui import get_pager_file as get_pager_file
 from .termui import getchar as getchar
 from .termui import launch as launch
 from .termui import pause as pause

src/click/_compat.py

@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ def should_strip_ansi(
     if color is None:
         if stream is None:
             stream = sys.stdin
+        elif hasattr(stream, "color"):
+            # ._termui_impl.MaybeStripAnsi handles stripping ansi itself,
+            # so we don't need to strip it here
+            return False
         return not isatty(stream) and not _is_jupyter_kernel_output(stream)
     return not color
 

src/click/_termui_impl.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import collections.abc as cabc
 import contextlib
+import io
 import math
 import os
 import sys
@@ -360,7 +361,20 @@ def generator(self) -> cabc.Iterator[V]:
             self.render_progress()
 
 
-def _pager_contextmanager(color: bool | None = None):
+class MaybeStripAnsi(io.TextIOWrapper):
+    def __init__(self, stream: t.IO[bytes], *, color: bool, **kwargs: t.Any):
+        super().__init__(stream, **kwargs)
+        self.color = color
+
+    def write(self, text: str) -> int:
+        if not self.color:
+            text = strip_ansi(text)
+        return super().write(text)
+
+
+def _pager_contextmanager(
+    color: bool | None = None,
+) -> t.ContextManager[t.Tuple[t.BinaryIO, str, bool]]:
     """Decide what method to use for paging through text."""
     stdout = _default_text_stdout()
 
@@ -395,17 +409,26 @@ def _pager_contextmanager(color: bool | None = None):
         os.unlink(filename)
 
 
-def pager(generator: cabc.Iterable[str], color: bool | None = None):
-    """Given an iterable of text, write it all to an output pager."""
-    with _pager_contextmanager(color=color) as (pager_file, encoding, color):
-        for text in generator:
-            if not color:
-                text = strip_ansi(text)
-            pager_file.write(text.encode(encoding, "replace"))
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def get_pager_file(color: bool | None = None) -> t.Generator[t.IO, None, None]:
+    """Context manager.
+    Yields a writable file-like object which can be used as an output pager.
+    .. versionadded:: 8.2
+    :param color: controls if the pager supports ANSI colors or not.  The
+                  default is autodetection.
+    """
+    with _pager_contextmanager(color=color) as (stream, encoding, color):
+        if not getattr(stream, "encoding", None):
+            # wrap in a text stream
+            stream = MaybeStripAnsi(stream, color=color, encoding=encoding)
+        yield stream
+        stream.flush()
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
-def _pipepager(cmd: str, color: bool | None = None):
+def _pipepager(
+    cmd: str, color: bool | None
+) -> t.Iterator[t.Tuple[t.BinaryIO, str, bool]]:
     """Page through text by feeding it to another program.  Invoking a
     pager through this might support colors.
     """
@@ -424,15 +447,17 @@ def _pipepager(cmd: str, color: bool | None = None):
         elif "r" in less_flags or "R" in less_flags:
             color = True
 
+    if color is None:
+        color = False
+
     c = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
     stdin = t.cast(t.BinaryIO, c.stdin)
     encoding = get_best_encoding(stdin)
-    try:
-        yield stdin, encoding, color
-    except (OSError, KeyboardInterrupt):
-        pass
-    else:
-        stdin.close()
+    with stdin:
+        try:
+            yield stdin, encoding, color
+        except (OSError, KeyboardInterrupt):
+            pass
 
     # Less doesn't respect ^C, but catches it for its own UI purposes (aborting
     # search or other commands inside less).
@@ -452,7 +477,9 @@ def _pipepager(cmd: str, color: bool | None = None):
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
-def _tempfilepager(cmd: str, color: bool | None = None):
+def _tempfilepager(
+    cmd: str, color: bool | None = None
+) -> t.Iterator[t.Tuple[t.BinaryIO, str, bool]]:
     """Page through text by invoking a program on a temporary file."""
     import tempfile
 
@@ -464,10 +491,12 @@ def _tempfilepager(cmd: str, color: bool | None = None):
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
-def _nullpager(stream: t.TextIO, color: bool | None = None):
+def _nullpager(
+    stream: t.TextIO, color: bool | None = None
+) -> t.Iterator[t.Tuple[t.BinaryIO, str, bool]]:
     """Simply print unformatted text.  This is the ultimate fallback."""
     encoding = get_best_encoding(stream)
-    return stream, encoding, color
+    yield stream, encoding, color
 
 
 class Editor:
@@ -608,23 +637,23 @@ def _unquote_file(url: str) -> str:
             wait_str = "-w" if wait else ""
             args = f'cygstart {wait_str} "{url}"'
         return os.system(args)
-
-    try:
-        if locate:
-            url = os.path.dirname(_unquote_file(url)) or "."
-        else:
-            url = _unquote_file(url)
-        c = subprocess.Popen(["xdg-open", url])
-        if wait:
-            return c.wait()
-        return 0
-    except OSError:
-        if url.startswith(("http://", "https://")) and not locate and not wait:
-            import webbrowser
-
-            webbrowser.open(url)
+    else:
+        try:
+            if locate:
+                url = os.path.dirname(_unquote_file(url)) or "."
+            else:
+                url = _unquote_file(url)
+            c = subprocess.Popen(["xdg-open", url])
+            if wait:
+                return c.wait()
             return 0
-        return 1
+        except OSError:
+            if url.startswith(("http://", "https://")) and not locate and not wait:
+                import webbrowser
+
+                webbrowser.open(url)
+                return 0
+            return 1
 
 
 def _translate_ch_to_exc(ch: str) -> None:

src/click/termui.py

@@ -252,6 +252,23 @@ def confirm(
     return rv
 
 
+def get_pager_file(color=None):
+    """Context manager.
+
+    Yields a writable file-like object which can be used as an output pager.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 8.2
+
+    :param color: controls if the pager supports ANSI colors or not.  The
+                  default is autodetection.
+    """
+    from ._termui_impl import get_pager_file
+
+    color = resolve_color_default(color)
+
+    return get_pager_file(color=color)
+
+
 def echo_via_pager(
     text_or_generator: cabc.Iterable[str] | t.Callable[[], cabc.Iterable[str]] | str,
     color: bool | None = None,
@@ -267,7 +284,6 @@ def echo_via_pager(
     :param color: controls if the pager supports ANSI colors or not.  The
                   default is autodetection.
     """
-    color = resolve_color_default(color)
 
     if inspect.isgeneratorfunction(text_or_generator):
         i = t.cast("t.Callable[[], cabc.Iterable[str]]", text_or_generator)()
@@ -279,9 +295,9 @@ def echo_via_pager(
     # convert every element of i to a text type if necessary
     text_generator = (el if isinstance(el, str) else str(el) for el in i)
 
-    from ._termui_impl import pager
-
-    return pager(itertools.chain(text_generator, "\n"), color)
+    with get_pager_file(color=color) as pager:
+        for text in itertools.chain(text_generator, "\n"):
+            pager.write(text)
 
 
 def progressbar(