Print colored objects in the console depending on their type. Useful for development & debugging requests.

cprint.py

import click
import json


def cprint(x=None):
    """
    Pass any object into cprint to have it printed to the console in color!
    json = yellow (json is pretty printed by default)
    Python collections [list, dict, tuple] = green
    Integers & floats = magenta
    Other = red
    :param x:
    :return: None
    """

    if x == None:
        click.secho("No data was passed to cprint", fg="red", bold=True)
        return None

    # json
    if type(x) == str:
        try:
            json_test = json.loads(x)
            pretty_json = json.dumps(json_test, indent=2)
            click.secho('\n{}'.format(pretty_json), fg='yellow', bold=True)
        except ValueError:
            click.secho('\n{}'.format(x), fg='cyan', bold=True)
    # list
    elif type(x) == list:
        click.secho('\n{}'.format(x), fg='green', bold=True)
    # dict
    elif type(x) == dict:
        click.secho('\n{}'.format(x), fg='green', bold=True)
    # tuple
    elif type(x) == tuple:
        click.secho('\n{}'.format(x), fg='green', bold=True)
    # int
    elif type(x) == int:
        click.secho('\n{}'.format(x), fg='magenta', bold=True)
    # float
    elif type(x) == float:
        click.secho('\n{}'.format(x), fg='magenta', bold=True)
    # other
    else:
        click.secho('\n{}'.format(x), fg='red', bold=True)

Console color printer

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Quick & dirty function I've been using in Flask development.

Print colored objects in the console depending on their type. Useful for development & debugging requests.

Uses click by Armin Ronacher -> @mitsuhiko