Merge pull request #1581 from sureshdsk/export-ex

Added examples for export

Author: willmcgugan

examples/export.py

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+"""
+Demonstrates export console output
+"""
+
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.table import Table
+
+console = Console(record=True)
+
+
+def print_table():
+    table = Table(title="Star Wars Movies")
+
+    table.add_column("Released", style="cyan", no_wrap=True)
+    table.add_column("Title", style="magenta")
+    table.add_column("Box Office", justify="right", style="green")
+
+    table.add_row("Dec 20, 2019", "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker", "$952,110,690")
+    table.add_row("May 25, 2018", "Solo: A Star Wars Story", "$393,151,347")
+    table.add_row("Dec 15, 2017", "Star Wars Ep. V111: The Last Jedi", "$1,332,539,889")
+    table.add_row("Dec 16, 2016", "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", "$1,332,439,889")
+
+    console.print(table)
+
+
+# Prints table
+print_table()
+
+# Get console output as text
+file1 = "table_export_plaintext.txt"
+text = console.export_text()
+with open(file1, "w") as file:
+    file.write(text)
+print(f"Exported console output as plain text to {file1}")
+
+# Calling print_table again because console output buffer
+# is flushed once export function is called
+print_table()
+
+# Get console output as html
+# use clear=False so output is not flushed after export
+file2 = "table_export_html.html"
+html = console.export_html(clear=False)
+with open(file2, "w") as file:
+    file.write(html)
+print(f"Exported console output as html to {file2}")
+
+# Export text output to table_export.txt
+file3 = "table_export_plaintext2.txt"
+console.save_text(file3, clear=False)
+print(f"Exported console output as plain text to {file3}")
+
+# Export html output to table_export.html
+file4 = "table_export_html2.html"
+console.save_html(file4)
+print(f"Exported console output as html to {file4}")