common.py

#!/usr/bin/python3 -u
"""
Description: Common module
Author: thnikk
"""
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import sys
import os
import re
import json


def get_selection(input_list, prompt="") -> str:
    """ Get selection from list """
    lines = str(min(len(input_list), 8))
    with Popen(
        ["fuzzel", "--dmenu", "-l", lines, "-p", prompt],
        stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE
    ) as fuzzel:
        selection = fuzzel.communicate(
            input=bytes("\n".join(input_list), 'utf-8'))[0]
        if fuzzel.returncode != 0:
            sys.exit(1)
        return selection.decode().strip()


def get_config(path, default) -> dict:
    try:
        with open(
            os.path.expanduser(path), 'r', encoding='utf-8'
        ) as file:
            output = file.read()
            # output = re.sub(re.compile(r"/\*.*?\*/", re.DOTALL), "", output)
            # output = re.sub(re.compile(r"//.*?\n"), "", output)
            return json.loads(output)
    except FileNotFoundError:
        with open(
            os.path.expanduser(path), 'w', encoding='utf-8'
        ) as file:
            file.write(json.dumps(default, indent=4))
            return default