ascii() lookup added to plugin base

apprise/asset.py

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ class AppriseAsset:
         NotifyType.WARNING: '#CACF29',
     }
 
+    # The default color to return if a mapping isn't found in our table above
+    default_html_color = '#888888'
+
     # Ascii Notification
     ascii_notify_map = {
         NotifyType.INFO: '[i]',
@@ -78,8 +81,8 @@ class AppriseAsset:
         NotifyType.WARNING: '[~]',
     }
 
-    # The default color to return if a mapping isn't found in our table above
-    default_html_color = '#888888'
+    # The default ascii to return if a mapping isn't found in our table above
+    default_ascii_chars = '[?]'
 
     # The default image extension to use
     default_extension = '.png'
@@ -223,9 +226,8 @@ class AppriseAsset:
         Returns an ascii representation based on passed in notify type
 
         """
-
         # look our response up
-        return self.ascii_notify_map.get(notify_type, self.default_html_color)
+        return self.ascii_notify_map.get(notify_type, self.default_ascii_chars)
 
     def image_url(self, notify_type, image_size, logo=False, extension=None):
         """

apprise/plugins/base.py

@@ -364,6 +364,17 @@ class NotifyBase(URLBase):
             color_type=color_type,
         )
 
+    def ascii(self, notify_type):
+        """
+        Returns the ascii characters associated with the notify_type
+        """
+        if notify_type not in NOTIFY_TYPES:
+            return None
+
+        return self.asset.ascii(
+            notify_type=notify_type,
+        )
+
     def notify(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Performs notification

test/test_api.py

@@ -957,6 +957,18 @@ def test_apprise_asset(tmpdir):
     # None is the default
     assert a.color(NotifyType.INFO) == '#3AA3E3'
 
+    # Invalid Type
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        # The exception we expect since dict is not supported
+        a.color(NotifyType.INFO, dict)
+
+    # Test our ASCII mappings
+    assert a.ascii('invalid') == '[?]'
+    assert a.ascii(NotifyType.INFO) == '[i]'
+    assert a.ascii(NotifyType.SUCCESS) == '[+]'
+    assert a.ascii(NotifyType.WARNING) == '[~]'
+    assert a.ascii(NotifyType.FAILURE) == '[!]'
+
     # Invalid Type
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         # The exception we expect since dict is not supported

test/test_notify_base.py

@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ def test_notify_base():
     assert isinstance(
         nb.color(notify_type=NotifyType.INFO, color_type=tuple), tuple)
 
+    # Ascii Handling
+    assert nb.ascii(notify_type='invalid') is None
+    assert nb.ascii(NotifyType.INFO) == '[i]'
+    assert nb.ascii(NotifyType.SUCCESS) == '[+]'
+    assert nb.ascii(NotifyType.WARNING) == '[~]'
+    assert nb.ascii(NotifyType.FAILURE) == '[!]'
+
     # Create an object
     nb = NotifyBase()
     # Force an image size since the default doesn't have one