arguments

Argument parser based on docopt

install

pip install arguments

usage

Docopt is used for parsing the docstring (doc), arguments bundles the schema parser and returns a OptionParser like object with normalized attributes

For example

# coding=utf-8
"""
arguments test

Usage:
  tests.py [options] <posarg1> <posarg2>

Options:
  -h --help                     Show this screen.
  -o --option=<option1>         An option.
  --opt2=<option2>              An option [default: hello].
  -p --parameter=<parameter>    Folder to check the git repos out [default: 77].
  -v --verbose                  Folder from where to run the command [default: .].
"""

from arguments import Arguments

def main():
    """
    main
    """
    arg = Arguments()
    print(arg)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

gives

$ python main.py pval1 pval2
<arguments.Arguments object at 0x1022e0eb8>
options :
    opt2 : hello
    option : None
    parameter : 77
    help : False
    verbose : False
positional :
    posarg1 : pval1
    posarg2 : pval2

$ python main.py -h
arguments test

Usage:
  tests.py [options] <posarg1> <posarg2>

Options:
  -h --help                     Show this screen.
  -o --option=<option1>         An option.
  --opt2=<option2>              An option [default: hello].
  -p --parameter=<parameter>    Folder to check the git repos out [default: 77].
  -v --verbose                  Folder from where to run the command [default: .].

$

Using schema

Assume you are using docopt with the following usage-pattern:

my_program.py [--count=N] <path> <files>

and you would like to validate that <files> are readable, and that <path> exists, and that --count is either integer from 0 to 5, or None.

this is how you validate it using schema:

>>> from arguments import *

>>> s = Schema({'<files>': [Use(open)],
...             '<path>': os.path.exists,
...             '--count': Or(None, And(Use(int), lambda n: 0 < n < 5))})

>>> args = Arguments(validateschema=s)

>>> args.files
[<open file 'LICENSE-MIT', mode 'r' at 0x...>, <open file 'setup.py', mode 'r' at 0x...>]

>>> args.path
'../'

>>> args.count
3

As you can see, it validated data successfully, opened files and converted '3' to int.

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