import black, black.check(string)

[nschloe]

For checking code snippets in my READMEs, I use exdown. I would now like to black-check the snippets, too, so I'd love to see something like

import black

black.check(string)

working.

[hugovk]

See also #779 and https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs.

[felix-hilden]

Let's discuss the API details on the linked issue (#779). I'll add this case as well.