Greeting card generator CLI
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A CLI greeting card generator that produces formatted text cards for holidays.

Requirements

  • Python 3.10+

Installation

No installation needed -- uses Python standard library only.

Usage

python greet.py --style birthday --name Alice
python greet.py -s christmas -n Bob
python greet.py -s valentine -n Carol -w 50

Example Output

****************************************
*                                      *
*          * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *           *
*                                      *
*        Happy Birthday, Alice!        *
*                                      *
*          * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *           *
*                                      *
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Available Styles

Style Description Border Character
birthday Birthday celebration card *
christmas Christmas holiday card #
valentine Valentine's Day card ~

Options

Flag Description Default
-s, --style Card style (required) --
-n, --name Recipient name (required) --
-w, --width Card width in characters 40

Architecture

The project is split into three modules:

  • greet.py -- CLI entry point. Parses arguments and wires the other modules together.
  • cards.py -- Card style definitions. Stores the templates, border characters, and decorations for each holiday style.
  • renderer.py -- Rendering engine. Takes a style dict and a name, produces the formatted card string.

See ARCHITECTURE.md for a detailed breakdown.