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Name: pyxtermjs
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Version: 0.5.0.2
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Summary: interactive terminal in the browser
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Home-page: https://github.com/cs01/pyxtermjs
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Author: Chad Smith
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Author-email: chadsmith.software@gmail.com
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License: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
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Keywords: xterm,xterm.js,javascript,terminal-emulators,browser,tty,pty,console,terminal
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Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
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Requires-Python: >=3.6
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Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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License-File: LICENSE
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Requires-Dist: bidict (==0.21.2)
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Requires-Dist: click (==8.0.1)
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Requires-Dist: flask (==2.0.1)
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Requires-Dist: flask-socketio (==5.1.1)
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Requires-Dist: itsdangerous (==2.0.1)
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Requires-Dist: jinja2 (==3.0.1)
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Requires-Dist: markupsafe (==2.0.1)
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Requires-Dist: python-engineio (==4.2.1)
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Requires-Dist: python-socketio (==5.4.0)
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Requires-Dist: werkzeug (==2.0.1)
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# pyxterm.js
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A fully functional terminal in your browser.
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## How does this work?
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On the backend:
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* A [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/) server is running
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* The Flask server uses [flask-socketio](https://flask-socketio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), a websocket library for Flask and socketio
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* A [pty](https://docs.python.org/3/library/pty.html) ("pseudo-terminal") is spawned that runs bash.
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* You can think of a pty as a way to serialize/deserialize a terminal session. The Python docs describe it as "starting another process and being able to write to and read from its controlling terminal programmatically".
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On the frontend:
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* [Xterm.js](https://xtermjs.org/) is used to render [Xterm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xterm) output data in the browser.
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* This means [escape codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code) used by terminals to control the cursor location, color, and other options can be passed directly to Xterm.js and Xterm.js will faithfully render them as a terminal would.
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* Output from the pty process on the backend is fed into it.
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* Input from the browser is passed via websocket to the pty's input
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## Why?
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The real purpose of this is to show a basic proof of concept on how to bring Xterm.js, Python, Flask, and Websockets together to run a pty in the browser.
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This is a
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* starting point to build your own web app with a terminal
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* learning tool to understand what a `pty` is, and how to use one in Python
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* way to see Flask and Flask-SocketIO in action
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* way to play around with Xterm.js in a meaningful environment
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## Installation
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There are a few ways to install and run.
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### Clone & Run Locally
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Clone this repository, enter the `pyxtermjs` directory.
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If you have [nox](https://github.com/theacodes/nox) you can run the following.
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```
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> nox -s run
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```
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Nox takes care of setting up a virtual environment and running the right command for you. You can pass arguments to the server like this
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```
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> nox -s run -- --debug
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```
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If you don't have nox, you can run the following from inside a virtual environment.
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```
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> pip install -r requirements.txt
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> python -m pyxtermjs
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> python -m pyxtermjs --debug
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```
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### Install
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You can install with [pipx](https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx) (recommended) or pip.
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```
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> pipx install pyxtermjs
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> pyxtermjs
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```
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Or you can try run latest version on PyPI
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```
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> pipx run pyxtermjs
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```
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## API
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```
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> pyxtermjs --help
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usage: pyxtermjs [-h] [-p PORT] [--host HOST] [--debug] [--version]
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[--command COMMAND] [--cmd-args CMD_ARGS]
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A fully functional terminal in your browser.
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https://github.com/cs01/pyxterm.js
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optional arguments:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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-p PORT, --port PORT port to run server on (default: 5000)
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--host HOST host to run server on (use 0.0.0.0 to allow access
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from other hosts) (default: 127.0.0.1)
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--debug debug the server (default: False)
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--version print version and exit (default: False)
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--command COMMAND Command to run in the terminal (default: bash)
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--cmd-args CMD_ARGS arguments to pass to command (i.e. --cmd-args='arg1
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arg2 --flag') (default: )
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```
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