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+# SF Widgets Utils
+
+Provide some simple helper methods to interact with arguments in notebooks using streamlit
+
+See the medium article for more details
diff --git a/extras/sfutils/sfutils.py b/extras/sfutils/sfutils.py
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+
+import sys, json, base64, io
+from snowflake.snowpark import Session
+import logging
+
+try:
+    import streamlit as st
+except:
+    # in notebooks streamlit will always if not present, well we will just mock it
+    # this will allow us to use the same code in notebooks and or for example 
+    # functions or procedures
+    class StreamlitMock:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.session_state = {}
+        def text_input(self, labelOrName,value=None,key=None):
+            if value is None:
+                value = self.session_state.get("args").get(labelOrName)
+            return value
+    st = StreamlitMock()
+
+
+class WidgetUtils:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.args = {}
+        self.load_args(sys.argv)
+    def load_args(self,args):
+        # reset values
+        self.args = {}
+        if isinstance(args,str):
+            args = args.split(' ')
+        if len(args)==1:
+            try:
+                json_string = base64.b64decode(args[0]).decode('utf-8')
+                self.args = json.loads(json_string)
+                st.session_state["args"] = self.args
+                return
+            except Exception as ex:
+                logging.error("Failed to load args from base64 encoded string: {args[0]}", ex)
+                # ignore and continue
+        for i,arg in enumerate(args):
+            if "=" in arg:
+                try:
+                    name, value = arg.split("=")
+                    self.args[name] = value
+                except:
+                    logging.error(f"Failed to load args processing value pair: {arg}, loading as arg{i+1}", ex)
+                    self.args[f"arg{i+1}"] = arg
+            else:
+                self.args[f"arg{i+1}"] = arg
+        st.session_state["args"] = self.args
+                
+    def text(self,name: str, defaultValue: str=None, label: str=None):
+        if defaultValue is None:
+            defaultValue = st.session_state.get("args").get(name)
+        new_value = st.text_input(label or name,value=defaultValue,key=name+"wig_text")
+        st.session_state["args"][name] = new_value
+        return new_value
+    def get(self,name):
+        return st.session_state.get("args").get(name)
+
+class FileSystemUtils:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.session = Session.builder.getOrCreate()
+    def ls(self,path:str):
+        files = self.session.sql(f"ls {path}").collect()
+        return [r[0] for r in files]
+    def rm(self,path:str):
+        self.session.sql(f"rm {path}")
+    def put(self,file:str,contents:str,overwrite:bool = False) -> bool:
+        try:
+            # Convert the string to bytes
+            my_bytes = contents.encode('utf-8')
+            # Create a BytesIO object from the bytes
+            bytes_io = io.BytesIO(my_bytes)
+            result = self.session.file.put_stream(bytes_io, file,auto_compress=False,overwrite=overwrite)
+            print(f"Wrote {result.source_size} bytes to {file}")
+            return True
+        except:
+            return False
+    def mkdirs(self,path:str):
+        print(f"operation ignored. for {path}")
+        ...
+    
+
+class NotebookUtils:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.session = Session.builder.getOrCreate()
+    def exit(msg:str,permanent=False):
+        logging.info(f"NOTEBOOK EXIT {msg}")
+        # saving notebook info
+        session_id = self.session._session_id
+        encoded_msg = base64.b64encode(msg)
+        if permanent:
+            self.session.sql(f"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS __NOTEBOOK_EXITINFO__(SESSION_ID STRING, EXIT_MSG STRING)").show()
+            self.session.sql(f"INSERT INTO __NOTEBOOK_EXITINFO__(SESSION_ID, EXIT_MSG) VALUES ('{session_id}', '{encoded_msg}')").show()
+        else:
+            self.session.sql("CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP TABLE __NOTEBOOK_EXIT AS SELECT '{msg}' AS EXIT_MSG")
+
+widgets = WidgetUtils()
+fs = FileSystemUtils()
+notebook = NotebookUtils()
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