commit a71163021f1731302c7f922ce4e5b3191d2fb938 Author: Ravi Chandra Padmala neenaoffline@gmail.com Date: Thu Dec 6 20:05:18 2012 +0530

Improve Controller.extend_circuit documentation

Realized it might not be that obvious how paths are specified, and added some sample code to the Controller.extend_circuit documentation.

Fixed a typo/grammer. --- stem/control.py | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stem/control.py b/stem/control.py index 3252793..6b19c74 100644 --- a/stem/control.py +++ b/stem/control.py @@ -1382,12 +1382,24 @@ class Controller(BaseController):

def extend_circuit(self, circuit = 0, path = None, purpose = "general"): """ - Either requests a new circuit or extend an existing one. + Either requests the creation of a new circuit or extends an existing one.

When called with a circuit value of zero (the default) a new circuit is created, and when non-zero the circuit with that id is extended. If the path isn't provided, one is automatically selected.

+ A python interpreter session used to create circuits could look like this... + + :: + + >>> control.extend_circuit(0, ["718BCEA286B531757ACAFF93AE04910EA73DE617", "30BAB8EE7606CBD12F3CC269AE976E0153E7A58D", "2765D8A8C4BBA3F89585A9FFE0E8575615880BEB"]) + 19 + >>> control.extend_circuit(0) + 20 + >>> print control.get_info('circuit-status') + 20 EXTENDED $718BCEA286B531757ACAFF93AE04910EA73DE617=KsmoinOK,$649F2D0ACF418F7CFC6539AB2257EB2D5297BAFA=Eskimo BUILD_FLAGS=NEED_CAPACITY PURPOSE=GENERAL TIME_CREATED=2012-12-06T13:51:11.433755 + 19 BUILT $718BCEA286B531757ACAFF93AE04910EA73DE617=KsmoinOK,$30BAB8EE7606CBD12F3CC269AE976E0153E7A58D=Pascal1,$2765D8A8C4BBA3F89585A9FFE0E8575615880BEB=Anthracite PURPOSE=GENERAL TIME_CREATED=2012-12-06T13:50:56.969938 + :param int circuit: id of a circuit to be extended :param list,str path: one or more relays to make a circuit through, this is required if the circuit id is non-zero