The `ama` Module¶

Base Asker class

Asker¶

class ama.Asker(ds=None, json_string=None)¶

An object which mediates the question asking.

Parameters:	ds (Any object with a read metod) – A datastream to read the questions from json_string (str) – A JSON formatted string to load the questions from

ask(questions=None, initial_answers=None, all_questions=True)¶

Ask the questions and return the answers

Parameters:	questions (string or dict) – The questions to prompt for answers. Can either be a json formatted string or a dict subclass initial_answers (dict) – A dictionary containing the already answered questions all_questions (bool) – If True only the already unanswered questions will be asked; if False all questions will be asked. validators (dict) – A dictionary of custom validator functions
Returns:	The answers
Return type:	OrderedDict

add_question(key, question)¶: Overridden by subclasses to add a question to the list to ask. Called by the ask() method

run()¶: Overridden by subclasses to ask the questions. Subclasses should return a dictionary of the answers