Learning Pry Personal notes on Pry

This is my personal notes on Pry, Part 1.

Notes from the following sites.

Install it.

$ gem install pry
# version
$ pry -v
# enter to pry
$ pry
# help
pry(main)> help

# To customize change ~/.pryrc file
# get help on command
pry(main)> show-doc -h

# Showing rubydoc 
pry(main)> s ="pry"
pry(main)> show-doc s.each_line

# or
pry(main)> show-doc String#each_line

# to show method
pry(main)> show-method s.each_line

# or
pry(main)> show-source s.each_line

# adding line number
pry(main)> show-source s.each_line -l

# creating gist
# "gem install gist" and afer pry console enter "install-command gist"
pry(main)> gist s.each_line
Gist created at URL https://gist.github.com/acfc1489eaa0dbbc3f0a, which is now in the clipboard.

Using command shell in pry

Using . dot.

# Showing methods in IRB is very messy but pry shows them line by line.
pry(main)> self.methods

# Using shell command with .(dot)
pry(main)> .ls -al

Or use shell-mode.

pry(main)> shell-mode
pry main:/Users/myname/rubytest $ .cd rubytest
pry main:/Users/myname/rubytest $ .ls
addtemps.rb list.txt    temps.txt
exception1.rb   tempavg.rb  tkexample.rb
pry main:/Users/myname/rubytest $ .vim test6.rb
pry main:/Users/myname/rubytest $ load "test6.rb"
=> true
pry main:/Users/myname/rubytest $ hello_world
hello world!
=> nil

Getting out of shell-mode.

# just type shell-mode again
$ pry
[1] pry(main)> shell-mode
pry main:/Users/myname/first_app $ shell-mode
[3] pry(main)>

List methods of defined context

ls to list methods of defined context.

pry(main)> s="pry"
pry(main)> ls s

# Use cd to change to the obect. Then use ls to show all methods 
# You can create an object and cd 
pry(main)> require 'net/http'
=> true
pry(main)> url = URI.parse('http://www.zenet-web.co.jp/index.html')
=> #<URI::HTTP:0x007faf6247d560 URL:http://www.zenet-web.co.jp/index.html>
pry(main)> req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.path)
=> #<Net::HTTP::Get GET>
pry(main)> res = Net::HTTP::start(url.host, url.port) do |http|
pry(main)*   http.request(req)
pry(main)* end
=> #<Net::HTTPOK 200 OK readbody=true>
pry(main)> cd res
pry(#<Net::HTTPOK>):1> ls
Net::HTTPHeader#methods:
...
pry(main)>

# go back to the main
pry(main)> cd

Calling pry from runtime

test.rb

require 'pry'
puts "Run Pry!"
binding.pry

Run test.rb. It will start pry after running the script.

$ ruby test5.rb
Run Pry!

From: /Users/teacher/Documents/rubytest/test5.rb @ line 5 :

    1: require 'pry'
    2:
    3:
    4: puts "Run Pry!"
 => 5: binding.pry

Another example

# test.rb
require 'pry'

class A
  def hello() puts "hello world!" end
end

a = A.new

# set x to 10
x = 10

# start a REPL session
binding.pry

# program resumes here (after pry session)
puts "program resumes here. Value of x is: #{x}."

Run it from your terminal

$ ruby test4.rb

From: /Users/teacher/Documents/rubytest/test4.rb @ line 14 :

     9:
    10: # set x to 10
    11: x = 10
    12:
    13: # start a REPL session
 => 14: binding.pry
    15:
    16: # program resumes here (after pry session)
    17: puts "program resumes here. Value of x is: #{x}."

[1] pry(main)> a.hello
hello world!
=> nil
[2] pry(main)> puts x
10
=> nil
[3] pry(main)> def a.goodbye
[3] pry(main)*   puts "Goodbye world!"
[3] pry(main)* end
=> nil
[4] pry(main)> a.goodbye
Goodbye world!
=> nil
[5] pry(main)> x="changed"
=> "changed"
[6] pry(main)> exit
program resumes here. Value of x is: changed.

Using pry on a rails project

Install pry-rails gem.

$ gem install pry-rails

Add to Gemfile

group :development do
  gem 'sqlite3', '1.3.7'
  gem 'pry-rails'
end

You can add pry Run rails console.

$ rails c

Written on November 10, 2013