Hide --install-completion and --show-completion options without disabling autocompletion

[sidekick-eimantas]

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Example Code

import typer

app = typer.Typer(add_completion=True)
app()

Description

add_completion either turns on or off autocompletion and the --install-completion and --show-completion options.
To remove the options, you currently must set add_completion=False, which also disables autocompletion.
I would like to decouple the two, and allow removing the options while still retaining the autocompletion capabilities.
We manage the autocompletion scripts in our application ourselves, without user input, and don't want the user to have access to these options.

Operating System

Linux, Windows, macOS

Operating System Details

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Typer Version

0.7.0

Python Version

Python 3.10.7

Additional Context

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[tiangolo]

And how do you manage completion then? How do you install the scripts and how do you call the program to get completion?

[sidekick-eimantas]

And how do you manage completion then? How do you install the scripts and how do you call the program to get completion?

We manage the installation of completion scripts, in the application itself. There's a bunch of things we manage in the application, including rc files, aws profiles, etc. So autocompletion becomes just another thing that we install automatically for the user.

[antoinebrl]

You can turn these options into a hidden command

import sys
import typer
import typer.completion
from typer._completion_shared import Shells

app = typer.Typer(add_completion=False)
app_completion = typer.Typer(help="Generate and install completion scripts.", hidden=True)
app.add_typer(app_completion, name="completion")

@app_completion.command(no_args_is_help=True, help="Show completion for the specified shell, to copy or customize it.")
def show(ctx: typer.Context, shell: Shells) -> None:
    typer.completion.show_callback(ctx, None, shell)

@app_completion.command(no_args_is_help=True, help="Install completion for the specified shell.")
def install(ctx: typer.Context, shell: Shells) -> None:
    typer.completion.install_callback(ctx, None, shell)

def main():
    typer.completion.completion_init()
    sys.exit(app())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

$  prog --help
Usage: prog [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

$ prog completion --help
Usage: prog completion [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Generate and install completion scripts.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  install  Install completion for the specified shell.
  show     Show completion for the specified shell, to copy or customize it.

$ prog completion install --help
Usage: prog completion install [OPTIONS] SHELL:{bash|zsh|fish|powershell|pwsh}

  Install completion for the specified shell.

Arguments:
  SHELL:{bash|zsh|fish|powershell|pwsh}
                                  [required]

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

[NikosAlexandris]

You can turn these options into a hidden command

import sys
import typer
import typer.completion
from typer._completion_shared import Shells

app = typer.Typer(add_completion=False)
app_completion = typer.Typer(help="Generate and install completion scripts.", hidden=True)
app.add_typer(app_completion, name="completion")

@app_completion.command(no_args_is_help=True, help="Show completion for the specified shell, to copy or customize it.")
def show(ctx: typer.Context, shell: Shells) -> None:
    typer.completion.show_callback(ctx, None, shell)

@app_completion.command(no_args_is_help=True, help="Install completion for the specified shell.")
def install(ctx: typer.Context, shell: Shells) -> None:
    typer.completion.install_callback(ctx, None, shell)

def main():
    typer.completion.completion_init()
    sys.exit(app())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

$  prog --help
Usage: prog [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

$ prog completion --help
Usage: prog completion [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Generate and install completion scripts.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  install  Install completion for the specified shell.
  show     Show completion for the specified shell, to copy or customize it.

$ prog completion install --help
Usage: prog completion install [OPTIONS] SHELL:{bash|zsh|fish|powershell|pwsh}

  Install completion for the specified shell.

Arguments:
  SHELL:{bash|zsh|fish|powershell|pwsh}
                                  [required]

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Works for me! Thank you @antoinebrl

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