starcli

🛰️ StarCLI

A command-line interface for executing Starlark scripts with rich module support, interactive mode, and web server capabilities.

About

StarCLI is a versatile tool that provides a convenient environment for running Starlark scripts from the command line. Starlark is a dialect of Python designed for configuration, extensibility, and embedding. StarCLI extends Starlark with additional modules and utilities to make it more powerful for various automation and scripting tasks.

Features

• Multiple Execution Modes:

  • REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) for interactive script development
  • Direct code execution from command line arguments
  • Script file execution
  • Web server mode that creates a Starbox environment for HTTP requests

• Configurable Environment:

  • Load custom modules
  • Control recursion and global variable reassignment
  • Set include paths for module loading
  • Configure logging levels

• Rich Module Support:

  • Standard library modules (json, math, time, etc.)
  • File system operations
  • Network and HTTP requests
  • Regular expressions
  • Base64 encoding/decoding
  • Email functionality
  • LLM (Language Model) integration
  • And many more

Installation

From Source

Clone the repository and build from source:

git clone https://github.com/1set/starcli.git
cd starcli
make build

Docker

The project includes a Dockerfile to build and run StarCLI in a container:

# Build the Docker image
docker build -t starcli .

# Run in interactive mode
docker run -it starcli

# Run a specific script
docker run -v $(pwd):/scripts starcli sh -c "/root/starcli /scripts/your-script.star"

Usage

$ ./starcli -h
Usage of ./starcli:
  -c, --code string      Starlark code to execute
  -C, --config string    config file to load
  -g, --globalreassign   allow reassigning global variables in Starlark code (default true)
  -I, --include string   include path for Starlark code to load modules from (default ".")
  -i, --interactive      enter interactive mode after executing
  -l, --log string       log level: debug, info, warn, error, dpanic, panic, fatal (default "info")
  -m, --module strings   allowed modules to preload and load (default [atom,base64,csv,email,file,go_idiomatic,gum,hashlib,http,json,llm,log,math,net,path,random,re,runtime,stats,string,struct,sys,time])
  -o, --output string    output printer: none,stdout,stderr,basic,lineno,since,auto (default "auto")
  -r, --recursion        allow recursion in Starlark code
  -V, --version          print version & build information
  -w, --web uint16       run web server on specified port, it provides request and response structs for Starlark code to use

Examples

REPL Mode

Start an interactive REPL session:

$ ./starcli

Execute Starlark Code Directly

Run a single line of Starlark code:

$ ./starcli -c 'print("Hello, World!")'

Execute a Script File

Run a Starlark script file:

$ ./starcli path/to/script.star

Interactive Mode After Execution

Execute code and then enter interactive mode with the environment preserved:

$ ./starcli -c 'greeting = "Hello, World!"' -i

Run as Web Server

Start a web server that executes Starlark code for HTTP requests:

$ ./starcli -w 8080 -c 'def handle_request(request): return {"message": "Hello from Starlark!"}'

Debug Mode

Run with debug-level logging:

$ ./starcli --log debug path/to/script.star

Configuration

StarCLI can be configured through a config file (YAML format) using the -C or --config flag:

# Example config.yaml
host_name: MyStarCLIServer

Development

Prerequisites

• Go 1.18 or later

Building

# Build for current platform
make build

# Build for specific platforms
make build_linux
make build_mac
make build_windows

Testing

make test

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Contact

For any questions or support, please open an issue on GitHub.