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[tutorial v1.1_031] A variable with type's parameters

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Screenshot

Firefox Proxy setting

Clone and install

To test this tutorial, you need to download this repository and install Rougail:

git clone -b 1.1 https://forge.cloud.silique.fr/stove/rougail-tutorials.git
cd rougail-tutorials
python -m venv venv_rougail
. venv_rougail/bin/activate
pip install rougail-cli rougail-output-exporter rougail-output-doc rougail-user-data-yaml

Then switch to the tutorial page:

git switch --detach v1.1_031

Structure

.
└── firefox
    ├── 00-proxy.yml
    └── 10-manual.yml


Contents of the firefox/10-manual.yml file

%YAML 1.2
---
version: 1.1

manual:  # Manual proxy configuration

  http_proxy:  # HTTP Proxy

    address:
      description: HTTP address
      type: domainname
      params:
        allow_ip: true
...

Let's generate the documentation

rougail -m firefox/ -o doc
Variable Description
proxy_mode
choice mandatory
Configure Proxy Access to the Internet.
Choices:
• No proxy ← (default)
• Auto-detect proxy settings for this network
• Use system proxy settings
• Manual proxy configuration
• Automatic proxy configuration URL

Manual proxy configuration

Note

Path: manual

HTTP Proxy

Note

Path: manual.http_proxy

Variable Description
manual.http_proxy.address
domainname mandatory
HTTP address.
Validators:
• type domainname
• the domain name can be an IP

Let's generate the changelog

rougail -m firefox/ -o doc --doc.contents changelog

Modified variable

Variable Description
manual.http_proxy.address
domainname mandatory
HTTP address.
Validators:
• type domainname
• the domain name can be an IP

User datas

Example 1

config/01/config.yml

---
manual:
  http_proxy:
    address: example.net

Output

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/01/config.yml

Note

Caption:

  • Variable
  • Default value
  • Modified value

Variables:

  • 📓 proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): No proxy
  • 📂 manual (Manual proxy configuration)
    • 📂 http_proxy (HTTP Proxy)
      • 📓 address (HTTP address): example.net ← loaded from the YAML file "config/01/config.yml"

Example 2

config/02/config.yml

---
manual:
  http_proxy:
    address: 192.168.0.1

Output

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/02/config.yml

Note

Caption:

  • Variable
  • Default value
  • Modified value

Variables:

  • 📓 proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): No proxy
  • 📂 manual (Manual proxy configuration)
    • 📂 http_proxy (HTTP Proxy)
      • 📓 address (HTTP address): 192.168.0.1 ← loaded from the YAML file "config/02/config.yml"

Output when invalid user datas is an error

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/02/config.yml --cli.invalid_user_data_error

Note

Caption:

  • Variable
  • Default value
  • Modified value

Variables:

  • 📓 proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): No proxy
  • 📂 manual (Manual proxy configuration)
    • 📂 http_proxy (HTTP Proxy)
      • 📓 address (HTTP address): 192.168.0.1 ← loaded from the YAML file "config/02/config.yml"

Example 3

config/03/config.yml

---
manual:
  http_proxy:
    address: not a valid domain name.com

Output

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/03/config.yml

Caution

  • manual (Manual proxy configuration)
    • http_proxy (HTTP Proxy)
      • address (HTTP address)
        • [#EFBF04]🔔 the value "not a valid domain name.com" is an invalid domain name, could be a IP, otherwise must start with lowercase characters followed by lowercase characters, number, "-" and "." characters are allowed, it will be ignored when loading from the YAML file "config/03/config.yml"[/#EFBF04]
        • [#C23636]🛑 mandatory variable but has no value[/#C23636]

Output when invalid user datas is an error

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/03/config.yml --cli.invalid_user_data_error

Caution

  • manual (Manual proxy configuration)
    • http_proxy (HTTP Proxy)
      • address (HTTP address): 🛑 the value "not a valid domain name.com" is an invalid domain name, could be a IP, otherwise must start with lowercase characters followed by lowercase characters, number, "-" and "." characters are allowed, it has been loading from the YAML file "config/03/config.yml"