# Source code for watchme

    '''

    Copyright (C) 2019 Vanessa Sochat.

    This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the
    Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
    with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

    '''

    from watchme.version import __version__

    def get_watcher(name="watcher",
                    base=None,
                    create=False,
                    quiet=True, **kwargs):
        '''
           get the correct watcher depending on the environment variable
           WATCHME_WATCHER or default to "watcher"

           Parameters
           ==========
           name: the name of the watcher, will be made all lowercase
           base: the watcher base, if not defined, will use WATCHER_BASE_DIR envar
           create: if the watcher folder doesn't exist, create it (default False)
                   for all interactions with a watcher other than create, we should
                   exit if the watcher the user wants doesn't exist.
           quiet: if True, suppress most output about the client (e.g. speak)
        '''
        from watchme.watchers import Watcher

        Watcher.name = name.lower()
        Watcher.quiet = quiet

        # Initialize the watcher
        return Watcher(create=create, base=base)