# Okay, have to admit. This code is from StackOverflow. It's so efficient, that it's probably the best way to do it. # Although, it is edited to use less threads. from itertools import cycle from shutil import get_terminal_size from threading import Thread from time import sleep class Loader: def __init__(self, desc="Loading...", end="Done!", timeout=0.1): """ A loader-like context manager Args: desc (str, optional): The loader's description. Defaults to "Loading...". end (str, optional): Final print. Defaults to "Done!". timeout (float, optional): Sleep time between prints. Defaults to 0.1. """ self.desc = desc self.end = end self.timeout = timeout self._thread = Thread(target=self._animate, daemon=True) self.steps = ["⢿", "⣻", "⣽", "⣾", "⣷", "⣯", "⣟", "⡿"] self.done = False def start(self): self._thread.start() return self def _animate(self): for c in cycle(self.steps): if self.done: break print(f"\r{self.desc} {c}", flush=True, end="") sleep(self.timeout) def __enter__(self): self.start() def stop(self): self.done = True cols = get_terminal_size((80, 20)).columns print("\r" + " " * cols, end="", flush=True) print(f"\r{self.end}", flush=True) def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, tb): # handle exceptions with those variables ^ self.stop()