======== Usage ======== There are many ways to use Python Progressbar, you can see a few basic examples here but there are many more in the :doc:`examples` file. Wrapping an iterable ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: import time import progressbar bar = progressbar.ProgressBar() for i in bar(range(100)): time.sleep(0.02) Context wrapper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: import time import progressbar with progressbar.ProgressBar(max_value=10) as bar: for i in range(10): time.sleep(0.1) bar.update(i) Combining progressbars with print output ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: import time import progressbar bar = progressbar.ProgressBar(redirect_stdout=True) for i in range(100): print 'Some text', i time.sleep(0.1) bar.update(i) Progressbar with unknown length ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: import time import progressbar bar = progressbar.ProgressBar(max_value=progressbar.UnknownLength) for i in range(20): time.sleep(0.1) bar.update(i) Bar with custom widgets ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :: import time import progressbar bar = progressbar.ProgressBar(widgets=[ ' [', progressbar.Timer(), '] ', progressbar.Bar(), ' (', progressbar.ETA(), ') ', ]) for i in bar(range(20)): time.sleep(0.1)