arger 0.2.2

Create argparser automatically from functions

Overview

A wrapper around argparser to help build CLIs from functions. Uses typehints extensively.

Setup

Installation

Install it directly into an activated virtual environment:

$ pip install arger

or add it to your Poetry project:

$ poetry add arger

Usage

• create a python file called test.py

from arger import Arger

def main(param1: int, param2: str, kw1=None, kw2=False):
    """Example function with types documented in the docstring.

    :param param1: The first parameter.
    :param param2: The second parameter.
    """
    print(locals())


if __name__ == '__main__':
    Arger(main).run()

• run this normally with

$ python test.py 100 param2

• Checkout examples folder and documentation to see more of arger in action.

Alternatives

argh

• has similar goals as to ease up using argparser.
• doesn't support type hints.
• No recent releases.

typer

• if you are using click, I highly recommend you to check this library.
• it is neat and many features are inspired from this library.
• doesn't support loading help text for arguments from docstrings.

invoke

• doesn't support type hints.

cliche

• has similar goals.
• doesn't cover much use cases as arger.

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