Core Library Definitions#

The term_image.image subpackage defines the following:

Convenience Functions#

These functions automatically detect the best supported render style for the current terminal.

Since all classes define a common interface, any operation supported by one image class can be performed on any other image class, except stated otherwise.

term_image.image.AutoImage(image, *, width=None, height=None, scale=(1.0, 1.0))#

Convenience function for creating an image instance from a PIL image instance.

Returns:

An instance of a subclass of BaseImage.

Return type:

term_image.image.common.BaseImage

Same arguments and raised exceptions as the BaseImage class constructor.

term_image.image.from_file(filepath, **kwargs)#

Convenience function for creating an image instance from an image file.

Returns:

An instance of a subclass of BaseImage.

Return type:

term_image.image.common.BaseImage

Same arguments and raised exceptions as BaseImage.from_file().

term_image.image.from_url(url, **kwargs)#

Convenience function for creating an image instance from an image URL.

Returns:

An instance of a subclass of BaseImage.

Return type:

term_image.image.common.BaseImage

Same arguments and raised exceptions as BaseImage.from_url().

Image Classes#

Class Hierachy:

class term_image.image.ImageSource(value)#

Bases: enum.Enum

Image source type.

Note

The values of the enumeration members are implementation details and might change at anytime. Any comparison should be by identity of the members themselves.

FILE_PATH = <hidden>#

The instance was derived from a path to a local image file.

PIL_IMAGE = <hidden>#

The instance was derived from a PIL image instance.

URL = <hidden>#

The instance was derived from an image URL.

class term_image.image.Size(value)#

Bases: enum.Enum

Enumeration for automatic sizing

AUTO = <hidden>#

Equivalent to ORIGINAL if it will fit into the available size, else FIT.

FIT = <hidden>#

The image size is set to fit optimally within the available size.

FIT_TO_WIDTH = <hidden>#

The size is set such that the width is exactly the available width, regardless of the cell ratio.

ORIGINAL = <hidden>#

The image size is set such that the image is rendered with as many pixels as the the original image consists of.

class term_image.image.ImageMeta(name, bases, namespace, **kwargs)#

Bases: abc.ABCMeta

Type of all render style classes.

Note

For all render style classes (instances of this class) defined within this package, str(cls) yeilds the same value as cls.style.
For render style classes defined outside this package (subclasses of those defined within this package), str(cls) is equivalent to repr(cls).
property style#

Name of the render style [category].

Returns:

  • The name of the render style [category] implemented by the invoking class, if defined within this package (term_image)

  • None, if the invoking class is defined outside this package (term_image)

Return type:

Optional[str]

Examples

For a class defined within this package:

>>> from term_image.image import KittyImage
>>> KittyImage.style
'kitty'

For a class defined outside this package:

>>> from term_image.image import KittyImage
>>> class MyImage(KittyImage): pass
>>> MyImage.style is None
True

Hint

Equivalent to str(cls) for all render style classes (instances of ImageMeta) defined within this package.


Note

It’s allowed to set properties for animated images on non-animated ones, the values are simply ignored.

class term_image.image.BaseImage(image, *, width=None, height=None, scale=(1.0, 1.0))#

Bases: object

Base of all render styles.

Parameters:

  • image (PIL.Image.Image) – Source image.

  • width (Union[int, Size, None]) –

    Can be

    • an int; horizontal dimension of the image, in columns.

    • a Size enum member.

  • height (Union[int, Size, None]) –

    Can be

    • an int; vertical dimension of the image, in lines.

    • a Size enum member.

  • scale (Tuple[float, float]) – The fraction of the size (on respective axes) to render the image with.

Raises:

  • TypeError – An argument is of an inappropriate type.

  • ValueError – An argument is of an appropriate type but has an unexpected/invalid value.

Propagates exceptions raised by set_size(), if width or height is given.

Note

  • If neither width nor height is given (or both are None), FIT applies.

  • The image size is multiplied by the scale on respective axes when the image is rendered.

  • For animated images, the seek position is initialized to the current seek position of the given image.

Attention

This class cannot be directly instantiated. Image instances should be created from its subclasses.

property closed#

Instance finalization status

Return type:

bool

property frame_duration#

Duration (in seconds) of a single frame for animated images

Setting this on non-animated images is simply ignored, no exception is raised.

Return type:

float

property height#

The unscaled height of the image.

Returns:

  • The image height (in lines), if the image size is fixed.

  • A Size enum member; if the image size is dynamic.

Return type:

Union[Size, int]

SETTABLE VALUES:

  • a positive int; the image height is set to the given value and the width is set proportionally.

  • a Size enum member; the image size is set as prescibed by the enum member.

  • None; equivalent to FIT.

Setting this

  • results in a fixed size.

  • resets the recognized advanced sizing options to their defaults.

property is_animated#

True if the image is animated. Otherwise, False.

property original_size#

Size of the source image (in pixels)

property n_frames: int#

The number of frames in the image

Return type:

int

property rendered_height#

The scaled height of the image.

Also the exact number of lines that the drawn image will occupy in a terminal.

Return type:

int

property rendered_size#

The scaled size of the image.

Also the exact number of columns and lines (respectively) that the drawn image will occupy in a terminal.

Return type:

Tuple[int, int]

property rendered_width#

The scaled width of the image.

Also the exact number of columns that the drawn image will occupy in a terminal.

Return type:

int

property scale#

Image scale

SETTABLE VALUES:

  • A scale value; sets both axes.

  • A tuple of two scale values; sets (x, y) respectively.

A scale value is a float in the range 0.0 < value <= 1.0.

Return type:

Tuple[float, float]

property scale_x#

Horizontal scale

A scale value is a float in the range 0.0 < x <= 1.0.

Return type:

float

property scale_y#

Vertical scale

A scale value is a float in the range 0.0 < y <= 1.0.

Return type:

float

property size#

The unscaled size of the image.

Returns:

  • The image size, (columns, lines), if the image size is fixed.

  • A Size enum member, if the image size is dynamic.

Return type:

Union[Size, Tuple[int, int]]

SETTABLE VALUES:

  • A Size enum member; the image size is set as prescibed by the enum member.

Setting this

  • implies dynamic sizing i.e the size is computed whenever the image is rendered.

  • resets the recognized advanced sizing options to their defaults.

This is multiplied by the scale on respective axes when the image is rendered.

property source#

The source from which the instance was initialized.

Return type:

Union[PIL.Image.Image, str]

property source_type#

The kind of source from which the instance was initialized.

Return type:

ImageSource

property width#

The unscaled width of the image.

Returns:

  • The image width (in columns), if the image size is fixed.

  • A Size enum member; if the image size is dynamic.

Return type:

Union[Size, int]

SETTABLE VALUES:

  • a positive int; the image width is set to the given value and the height is set proportionally.

  • a Size enum member; the image size is set as prescibed by the enum member.

  • None; equivalent to FIT.

Setting this

  • results in a fixed size.

  • resets the recognized advanced sizing options to their defaults.

close()#

Finalizes the instance and releases external resources.

  • In most cases, it’s not neccesary to explicity call this method, as it’s automatically called when the instance is garbage-collected.

  • This method can be safely called mutiple times.

  • If the instance was initialized with a PIL image, the PIL image is never finalized.

draw(h_align=None, pad_width=None, v_align=None, pad_height=None, alpha=0.1568627450980392, *, scroll=False, animate=True, repeat=- 1, cached=100, check_size=True, **style)#

Draws an image to standard output.

Parameters:

  • h_align (Optional[str]) – Horizontal alignment (“left” / “<”, “center” / “|” or “right” / “>”). Default: center.

  • pad_width (Optional[int]) –

    Number of columns within which to align the image.

    • Excess columns are filled with spaces.

    • Must not be greater than the available terminal width.

    • Default: terminal width, minus horizontal allowance.

  • v_align (Optional[str]) – Vertical alignment (“top”/”^”, “middle”/”-” or “bottom”/”_”). Default: middle.

  • pad_height (Optional[int]) –

    Number of lines within which to align the image.

    • Excess lines are filled with spaces.

    • Must not be greater than the available terminal height, for animations.

    • Default: terminal height, minus vertical allowance.

  • alpha (Optional[float, str]) –

    Transparency setting.

    • If None, transparency is disabled (alpha channel is removed).

    • If a float (0.0 <= x < 1.0), specifies the alpha ratio above which pixels are taken as opaque. (Applies to only text-based render styles).

    • If a string, specifies a color to replace transparent background with. Can be:

      • ”#” -> The terminal’s default background color (or black, if undetermined) is used.

      • A hex color e.g ffffff, 7faa52.

  • scroll (bool) – Only applies to non-animations. If True, allows the image’s rendered height to be greater than the available terminal height.

  • animate (bool) – If False, disable animation i.e draw only the current frame of an animated image.

  • repeat (int) – The number of times to go over all frames of an animated image. A negative value implies infinite repetition.

  • cached (Union[bool, int]) –

    Determines if rendered frames of an animated image will be cached (for speed up of subsequent renders of the same frame) or not.

    • If bool, it directly sets if the frames will be cached or not.

    • If int, caching is enabled only if the framecount of the image is less than or equal to the given number.

  • check_size (bool) – If False, does not perform size validation for non-animations.

  • style (Any) – Style-specific parameters. See each subclass for it’s own usage.

Raises:

  • If set_size() was used to set the image size, the horizontal and vertical allowances (set when set_size() was called) are taken into consideration during size validation. If the size was set via another means or the size is dynamic, the default allowances apply.

  • For non-animations, if the image size was set with :py:attr:term_image.image.Size.FIT_TO_WIDTH`, the image height is not validated and setting scroll is unnecessary.

  • animate, repeat and cached apply to animated images only. They are simply ignored for non-animated images.

  • For animations (i.e animated images with animate set to True):

    • scroll is ignored.

    • Image size and padding height are always validated, if set or given.

    • with the exception of native animations provided by some render styles.

  • Animations, by default, are infinitely looped and can be terminated with Ctrl+C (SIGINT), raising KeyboardInterrupt.

classmethod from_file(filepath, **kwargs)#

Creates an instance from an image file.

Parameters:

  • filepath (str) – Relative/Absolute path to an image file.

  • kwargs (Union[None, int, Tuple[float, float]]) – Same keyword arguments as the class constructor.

Returns:

A new instance.

Raises:

  • TypeError – filepath is not a string.

  • FileNotFoundError – The given path does not exist.

  • IsADirectoryError – Propagated from from PIL.Image.open().

  • PIL.UnidentifiedImageError – Propagated from from PIL.Image.open().

Return type:

term_image.image.common.BaseImage

Also Propagates exceptions raised or propagated by the class constructor.

classmethod from_url(url, **kwargs)#

Creates an instance from an image URL.

Parameters:

  • url (str) – URL of an image file.

  • kwargs (Union[None, int, Tuple[float, float]]) – Same keyword arguments as the class constructor.

Returns:

A new instance.

Raises:

  • TypeError – url is not a string.

  • ValueError – The URL is invalid.

  • term_image.exceptions.URLNotFoundError – The URL does not exist.

  • PIL.UnidentifiedImageError – Propagated from PIL.Image.open().

Return type:

term_image.image.common.BaseImage

Also propagates connection-related exceptions from requests.get() and exceptions raised or propagated by the class constructor.

Note

This method creates a temporary image file, but only after a successful initialization.

Proper clean-up is guaranteed except maybe in very rare cases.

To ensure 100% guarantee of clean-up, use the object as a context manager.

abstract classmethod is_supported()#

Returns True if the render style or graphics protocol implemented by the invoking class is supported by the active terminal. Otherwise, False.

Attention

Support checks for most (if not all) render styles require querying the active terminal, though only the first time they’re executed.

Hence, it’s advisable to perform all neccesary support checks (call is_supported() on required subclasses) at an early stage of a program, before user input is required.

seek(pos)#

Changes current image frame.

Parameters:

pos (int) – New frame number.

Raises:

  • TypeError – An argument is of an inappropriate type.

  • ValueError – An argument is of an appropriate type but has an unexpected/invalid value.

Frame numbers start from 0 (zero).

classmethod set_render_method(method=None)#

Sets the render method used by the instances of subclasses providing multiple render methods.

Parameters:

method (Optional[str]) – The render method to be set or None for a reset (case-insensitive).

Raises:

  • TypeError – method is not a string or None.

  • ValueError – the given method is not implmented by the invoking class (or class of the invoking instance).

See the Render Methods section in the description of the subclasses that implement such for their specific usage.

If called via:

  • a class, sets the class-wide render method.

  • an instance, sets the instance-specific render method.

If method is None and this method is called via:

  • a class, the class-wide render method is reset to the default.

  • an instance, the instance-specific render method is removed, so that it uses the class-wide render method thenceforth.

Any instance without a specific render method set uses the class-wide render method.

Note

method = None is always allowed, even if the render style doesn’t implement multiple render methods.

set_size(width=None, height=None, h_allow=0, v_allow=2, maxsize=None)#

Sets the image size with extended control.

Parameters:

  • width (Optional[Union[int, term_image.image.common.Size]]) –

    Can be

    • an int; horizontal dimension of the image, in columns.

    • a Size enum member.

  • height (Optional[Union[int, term_image.image.common.Size]]) –

    Can be

    • an int; vertical dimension of the image, in lines.

    • a Size enum member.

  • h_allow (int) – Horizontal allowance i.e minimum number of columns to leave unused.

  • v_allow (int) – Vertical allowance i.e minimum number of lines to leave unused.

  • maxsize (Optional[Tuple[int, int]]) – If given, as (columns, lines), it’s used instead of the terminal size.

Raises:

  • TypeError – An argument is of an inappropriate type.

  • ValueError – An argument is of an appropriate type but has an unexpected/invalid value.

  • ValueError – Both width and height are specified.

  • ValueError – The available size is too small for automatic sizing.

  • term_image.exceptions.InvalidSizeError – maxsize is given and the resulting size will not fit into it.

If neither width nor height is given (or both are None), FIT applies.

If width or height is a Size enum member, automatic sizing applies as prescribed by the enum member.

When FIT_TO_WIDTH is given,

Allowances are ignored when maxsize is given.

Image formatting and size validation operations recognize and respect the horizontal and vertical allowances, until the image size is re-set.

Note

The size is checked to fit in only when maxsize is given along with a fixed width or height because draw() is generally not the means of drawing such an image and all rendering methods don’t perform any sort of size validation.

If the validation is not desired, specify only one of maxsize and width or height, not both.

tell()#

Returns the current image frame number.


class term_image.image.GraphicsImage(image, **kwargs)#

Bases: term_image.image.common.BaseImage

Base of all render styles using terminal graphics protocols.

Raises:

term_image.exceptions.StyleError – The active terminal doesn’t support the render style.

See BaseImage for the description of the constructor.

Attention

This class cannot be directly instantiated. Image instances should be created from its subclasses.


class term_image.image.TextImage(image, *, width=None, height=None, scale=(1.0, 1.0))#

Bases: term_image.image.common.BaseImage

Base of all render styles using ASCII/Unicode symbols [with ANSI color codes].

See BaseImage for the description of the constructor.

Important

Instantiation of subclasses is always allowed, even if the current terminal does not [fully] support the render style.

To check if the render style is fully supported in the current terminal, use is_supported().

Attention

This class cannot be directly instantiated. Image instances should be created from its subclasses.


class term_image.image.BlockImage(image, *, width=None, height=None, scale=(1.0, 1.0))#

Bases: term_image.image.common.TextImage

A render style using unicode half blocks and ANSI 24-bit colour escape codes.

See TextImage for the description of the constructor.

classmethod is_supported()#

Returns True if the render style or graphics protocol implemented by the invoking class is supported by the active terminal. Otherwise, False.

Attention

Support checks for most (if not all) render styles require querying the active terminal, though only the first time they’re executed.

Hence, it’s advisable to perform all neccesary support checks (call is_supported() on required subclasses) at an early stage of a program, before user input is required.


class term_image.image.ITerm2Image(image, **kwargs)#

Bases: term_image.image.common.GraphicsImage

A render style using the iTerm2 inline image protocol.

See GraphicsImage for the complete description of the constructor.

Render Methods:

ITerm2Image provides two methods of rendering images, namely:

LINES (default)

Renders an image line-by-line i.e the image is evenly split across the number of lines it should occupy.

Pros:

  • Good for use cases where it might be required to trim some lines of the image.

Cons:

  • Image drawing is very slow on iTerm2 due to the terminal emulator’s performance.

WHOLE

Renders an image all at once i.e the entire image data is encoded into one line of the rendered output, such that the entire image is drawn once by the terminal and still occupies the correct amount of lines and columns.

Pros:

  • Render results are more compact (i.e less in character count) than with the lines method since the entire image is encoded at once.

  • Image drawing is faster than with lines on most terminals.

  • Smoother animations.

Cons:

  • This method currently doesn’t work well on iTerm2 and WezTerm when the image height is greater than the terminal height.

Note

The LINES method is the default only because it works properly in all cases, it’s more advisable to use the WHOLE method except when the image height is greater than the terminal height or when trimming the image is required.

The render method can be set with set_render_method() using the names specified above.

Format Specification

See Image Format Specification.

[method] [ m {0 | 1} ] [ c {0-9} ]

  • method: Render method override.

    Can be one of:

    • L: LINES render method (current frame only, for animated images).

    • W: WHOLE render method (current frame only, for animated images).

    • N: Native animation. Ignored when used with non-animated images, WEBP images or ImageIterator.

    Default: Current effective render method of the image.

  • m: Cell content inter-mix policy (Only supported in WezTerm, ignored otherwise).

    • If the character after m is:

      • 0, contents of cells in the region covered by the image will be erased.

      • 1, the opposite, thereby allowing existing cell contents to show under transparent areas of the image.

    • If absent, defaults to m0.

    • e.g m0, m1.

  • c: ZLIB compression level, for images re-encoded in PNG format.

    • 1 -> best speed, 9 -> best compression, 0 -> no compression.

    • This results in a trade-off between render time and data size/draw speed.

    • If absent, defaults to c4.

    • e.g c0, c9.

Attention

Currently supported terminal emulators include:

JPEG_QUALITY: int = -1#

  • x < 0, JPEG encoding is disabled.

  • 0 <= x <= 95, JPEG encoding is used, with the specified quality, for most non-transparent renders (at the cost of image quality).

Only applies when not reading directly from file.

By default, images are encoded in the PNG format (when not reading directly from file) but in some cases, higher compression might be desired. Also, JPEG encoding is significantly faster and can be useful to improve non-native animation performance.

Hint

The transparency status of some images can not be correctly determined in an efficient way at render time. To ensure the JPEG format is always used for a re-encoded render, disable transparency or set a background color.

NATIVE_ANIM_MAXSIZE: int = 2097152#

Maximum size (in bytes) of image data for native animation.

TermImageWarning is issued (and shown only the first time, except a filter is set to do otherwise) if the image data size for a native animation is above this value.
This value can be altered but should be done with caution to avoid excessive memory usage.
READ_FROM_FILE: bool = True#

  • True, image data is read directly from file when possible and no image manipulation is required.

  • False, images are always loaded and re-encoded, in the PNG format by default.

This is an optimization to reduce render times and is only applicable to the WHOLE render method, since the the LINES method inherently requires image manipulation.

Note

This setting does not affect animations, native animations are always read from file when possible and frames of non-native animations have to be loaded and re-encoded.

classmethod clear()#

Clears all images on-screen.

Required and works only on Konsole, as text doesn’t overwrite images.

draw(*args, method=None, mix=False, compress=4, native=False, stall_native=True, **kwargs)#

Draws an image to standard output.

Extends the common interface with style-specific parameters.

Parameters:

  • args – Positional arguments passed up the inheritance chain.

  • method (Optional[str]) – Render method override. If None or not given, the current effective render method of the instance is used.

  • mix (bool) –

    Cell content inter-mix policy (Only supported in WezTerm, ignored otherwise). If:

    • False, contents of cells within the region covered by the image are erased.

    • True, the opposite, thereby allowing existing text or image pixels to show under transparent areas of the image.

  • compress (int) –

    ZLIB compression level, for images re-encoded in PNG format.

    An integer between 0 and 9: 1 -> best speed, 9 -> best compression, 0 -> no compression. This results in a trade-off between render time and data size/draw speed.

  • native (bool) –

    If True, use native animation (if supported).

    • Ignored for non-animations.

    • animate must be True.

    • alpha, repeat, cached and style do not apply.

    • Always loops infinitely.

    • No control over frame duration.

    • Not all animated image formats are supported e.g WEBP.

    • The limitations of the WHOLE render method also apply.

    • Normal restrictions for rendered/padding height of animations do not apply.

  • stall_native (bool) –

    Native animation execution control. If:

    • True, block until SIGINT (Ctrl+C) is recieved.

    • False, return as soon as the image is transmitted.

  • kwargs – Keyword arguments passed up the inheritance chain.

Raises:

term_image.exceptions.ITerm2ImageError – Native animation is not supported.

See the draw() method of the parent classes for full details, including the description of other parameters.

classmethod is_supported()#

Returns True if the render style or graphics protocol implemented by the invoking class is supported by the active terminal. Otherwise, False.

Attention

Support checks for most (if not all) render styles require querying the active terminal, though only the first time they’re executed.

Hence, it’s advisable to perform all neccesary support checks (call is_supported() on required subclasses) at an early stage of a program, before user input is required.


class term_image.image.KittyImage(image, **kwargs)#

Bases: term_image.image.common.GraphicsImage

A render style using the Kitty terminal graphics protocol.

See GraphicsImage for the complete description of the constructor.

Render Methods

KittyImage provides two methods of rendering images, namely:

LINES (default)

Renders an image line-by-line i.e the image is evenly split across the number of lines it should occupy.

Pros:

  • Good for use cases where it might be required to trim some lines of the image.

WHOLE

Renders an image all at once i.e the entire image data is encoded into one line of the rendered output, such that the entire image is drawn once by the terminal and still occupies the correct amount of lines and columns.

Pros:

  • Render results are more compact (i.e less in character count) than with the LINES method since the entire image is encoded at once.

The render method can be set with set_render_method() using the names specified above.

Format Specification

See Image Format Specification.

[method] [ z [index] ] [ m {0 | 1} ] [ c {0-9} ]

  • method: Render method override.

    Can be one of:

    • L: LINES render method (current frame only, for animated images).

    • W: WHOLE render method (current frame only, for animated images).

    Default: Current effective render method of the image.

  • z: Image/Text stacking order.

    • index: Image z-index. An integer in the signed 32-bit range.

      Images drawn in the same location with different z-index values will be blended if they are semi-transparent. If index is:

      • >= 0, the image will be drawn above text.

      • < 0, the image will be drawn below text.

      • < -(2**31)/2, the image will be drawn below cells with non-default background color.

    • z without index is currently only used internally.

    • If absent, defaults to z0 i.e z-index zero.

    • e.g z0, z1, z-1, z2147483647, z-2147483648.

  • m: Image/Text inter-mixing policy.

    • If the character after m is:

      • 0, text within the region covered by the image will be erased, though text can be inter-mixed with the image after it’s been drawn.

      • 1, text within the region covered by the image will NOT be erased.

    • If absent, defaults to m0.

    • e.g m0, m1.

  • c: ZLIB compression level.

    • 1 -> best speed, 9 -> best compression, 0 -> no compression.

    • This results in a trade-off between render time and data size/draw speed.

    • If absent, defaults to c4.

    • e.g c0, c9.

Attention

Currently supported terminal emulators include:

static clear(all=True)#

Clears images on-screen.

Parameters:

all (bool) – If False, clears only the images intersecting with the cursor. Otherwise, clears all images currently on the screen.

draw(*args, method=None, z_index=0, mix=False, compress=4, **kwargs)#

Draws an image to standard output.

Extends the common interface with style-specific parameters.

Parameters:

  • args – Positional arguments passed up the inheritance chain.

  • method (Optional[str]) – Render method override. If None or not given, the current effective render method of the instance is used.

  • z_index (Optional[int]) –

    The stacking order of images and text for non-animations.

    Images drawn in the same location with different z-index values will be blended if they are semi-transparent. If z_index is:

    • >= 0, the image will be drawn above text.

    • < 0, the image will be drawn below text.

    • < -(2**31)/2, the image will be drawn below cells with non-default background color.

    • None, internal use only, mentioned for the sake of completeness.

    To inter-mixing text with an image, see the mix parameter.

  • mix (bool) –

    Image/Text inter-mixing policy for non-animations. If:

    • True, text within the region covered by the image will NOT be erased.

    • False, text within the region covered by the image will be erased, though text can be inter-mixed with the image after it’s been drawn.

  • compress (int) –

    ZLIB compression level.

    An integer between 0 and 9: 1 -> best speed, 9 -> best compression, 0 -> no compression. This results in a trade-off between render time and data size/draw speed.

  • kwargs – Keyword arguments passed up the inheritance chain.

See the draw() method of the parent classes for full details, including the description of other parameters.

classmethod is_supported()#

Returns True if the render style or graphics protocol implemented by the invoking class is supported by the active terminal. Otherwise, False.

Attention

Support checks for most (if not all) render styles require querying the active terminal, though only the first time they’re executed.

Hence, it’s advisable to perform all neccesary support checks (call is_supported() on required subclasses) at an early stage of a program, before user input is required.


class term_image.image.ImageIterator(image, repeat=- 1, format='', cached=100)#

Bases: object

Effeciently iterate over rendered frames of an animated image

Parameters:

  • image (BaseImage) – Animated image.

  • repeat (int) – The number of times to go over the entire image. A negative value implies infinite repetition.

  • format (str) – The format specifier to be used to format the rendered frames (default: auto).

  • cached (Union[bool, int]) –

    Determines if the rendered frames will be cached (for speed up of subsequent renders) or not.

    • If bool, it directly sets if the frames will be cached or not.

    • If int, caching is enabled only if the framecount of the image is less than or equal to the given number.

Raises:

  • TypeError – An argument is of an inappropriate type.

  • ValueError – An argument is of an appropriate type but has an unexpected/invalid value.

  • term_image.exceptions.StyleError – Invalid style-specific format specifier.

  • If repeat equals 1, caching is disabled.

  • The iterator has immediate response to changes in the image size and scale.

  • If the image size is dynamic, it’s computed per frame.

  • The number of the last yielded frame is set as the image’s seek position.

  • Directly adjusting the seek position of the image doesn’t affect iteration. Use ImageIterator.seek() instead.

  • After the iterator is exhausted, the underlying image is set to frame 0.

property loop_no#

Iteration repeat countdown

Changes on the first iteration of each loop, except for infinite iteration where it’s always -1.

close()#

Closes the iterator and releases resources used.

Does not reset the frame number of the underlying image.

Note

This method is automatically called when the iterator is exhausted or garbage-collected.

seek(pos)#

Sets the frame number to be yielded on the next iteration without affecting the repeat count.

Parameters:

pos (int) – Next frame number.

Raises:

  • TypeError – An argument is of an inappropriate type.

  • ValueError – An argument is of an appropriate type but has an unexpected/invalid value.

  • term_image.exceptions.TermImageError – Iteration has not yet started or the iterator is exhausted/closed.

Frame numbers start from 0 (zero).


Context Management Protocol Support#

BaseImage instances are context managers i.e they can be used with the with statement as in:

with from_url(url) as image:
    ...

Using an instance as a context manager more surely guarantees object finalization (i.e clean-up/release of resources), especially for instances with URL sources (see BaseImage.from_url()).

Iteration Support#

Animated BaseImage instances are iterable i.e they can be used with the for statement (and other means of iteration such as unpacking) as in:

for frame in from_file("animated.gif"):
    ...

Subsequent frames of the image are yielded on subsequent iterations.

Note

  • iter(anim_image) returns an ImageIterator instance with a repeat count of 1, hence caching is disabled.

  • The frames are unformatted and transparency is enabled i.e as returned by str(image).

For more extensive or custom iteration, use ImageIterator directly.