EOF Error on adding an entry

Question

So as the title says I'm getting an EOF error every time I hit ctrl+d on Windows. I'm doing the excersise on the IntelliJ Idea IDE using python 3.4.2 I believe.

This is my code:

__author__ = 'John'

from collections import OrderedDict
import datetime
import sys

from peewee import *

db = SqliteDatabase('diary.db')


class Entry(Model):
    content = TextField()
    timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)

    class Meta:
        database = db


def initialize():
    """Create the database and the table if they don't exist"""
    db.connect()
    db.create_tables([Entry], safe=True)


def menu_loop():
    """Show the menu"""
    choice = None

    while choice != 'q':
        print("Enter 'q' to quit.")

        for key, value in menu.items():
            print('{}) {}'.format(key, value.__doc__))
        choice = input('Action: ').lower().strip()

        if choice in menu:
            menu[choice]()


def add_entry():
    """Add an entry"""
    print("Enter your entry. Press ctrl+d when finished.")
    data = sys.stdin.read().strip()

    if data:
        if input("Save entry? [Y/N ").lower() != 'n':
            Entry.create(content=data)
            print("Saved succesfully")


def view_entries():
    """View previous entries."""


def delete_entry(entry):
    """Delete an entry."""

menu = OrderedDict([
    ('a', add_entry),
    ('v', view_entries),
])


if __name__ == '__main__':
    initialize()
    menu_loop()

And this is the error:

Action: a
Enter your entry. Press ctrl+d when finished.
A new entr
Some new lines Save entry? [Y/N Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "E:/Python Projects/Python-Databases/src/diary.py", line 67, in <module>
    menu_loop()
  File "E:/Python Projects/Python-Databases/src/diary.py", line 38, in menu_loop
    menu[choice]()
  File "E:/Python Projects/Python-Databases/src/diary.py", line 47, in add_entry
    if input("Save entry? [Y/N ").lower() != 'n':
EOFError: EOF when reading a line

Process finished with exit code 1

Answer 1 · 2015-10-18T05:05:28Z

October 18, 2015 5:05am

Hi John, I've run your code through various paths. I was able to reproduce your error under the following cases:

After hitting "a" to add entry, enter text on a single line without EOL, I hit a Cntl-D twice to get to the "Save Entry" input, then a third Cntl-D causes the error you posted.
After hitting "a" to add entry, enter text on a single line with EOL, I hit a Cntl-D once to get to the "Save Entry" input, then a third Cntl-D causes the error you posted.
Hitting Cntl-D at the "Action" input causes similar error:

Action: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "code.py", line 73, in <module>
    menu_loop()
  File "code.py", line 36, in menu_loop
    choice = input('Action: ').lower().strip()
EOFError

These error are caused by Cntl-D not being handled properly by your code. There are three points you need to catch a Cntl-D:

Input of an new entry,
At the "Save Entry" input, and
At the "Action" input.

The first case is covered by the data = sys.stdin.read().strip() which is looking for a Cntl-D.

The second case can be handled by wrapping the "Save Entry" code with a try/except statement:

    if data:
        try:
            if input("Save entry? [Y/N ").lower() != 'n':
                Entry.create(content=data)
                print("Saved succesfully")
        except EOFError:
            print("save aborted")

The third case can be handled by wrapping "Action" code with a similar try/except statement:

        try:
            choice = input('Action: ').lower().strip()
        except EOFError:
            # Print blank line. Menu will reprint with quit instructions
            print("\n")

This should give you the Cntl-D handling you wish. Please post your results.

Answer 2 · 2016-12-10T21:44:11Z

December 10, 2016 9:44pm

I also had the same EOF error. I'm using PyCharm (Community Edition for Mac) for learning:

Traceback (most recent call last): Save entry? [Y]/n File "/Users/Documents/Code/Learning Python/dairy.py", line 67, in <module> menu_loop() File "/Users/Documents/Code/Learning Python/dairy.py", line 37, in menu_loop menuchoice File "/Users/Documents/Code/Learning Python/dairy.py", line 46, in add_entry if input('Save entry? [Y]/n ').lower() != 'n': EOFError: EOF when reading a line Process finished with exit code 1

So I've just changed the add_entry() to get multiple line entry, as stdin is the topic of the course:

def add_entry():
    """Add an entry."""
    entry = ""
    print("Log you idea, print 'done' to finish.")
    while True:
        data = input('> ')
        if data.lower() != 'done':
            entry += data + "\n"
        else:
            break
    # data = sys.stdin.read().strip()

    if entry:
        if input('Save entry? [Y]/n ').lower() != 'n':
            Entry.create(content=entry)
            print("Saved!")
        else:
            print("Your entry wasn't save")

And now it works well and helps me keep learning.

Answer 3 · 2016-08-08T09:57:33Z

August 8, 2016 9:57am

Hi Chris I have the same problem.

The second solution gives me an EOFError:

Action: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Users/Antonina/PycharmProjects/PeeWee/diary.py", line 67, in <module> menu_loop() File "C:/Users/Antonina/PycharmProjects/PeeWee/diary.py", line 32, in menu_loop choice = input("Action: ").lower().strip() EOFError: EOF when reading a line

The third solution gives me an infinite loop.

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