clout 0.1.8

Command-line Object Utility Tool

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Convert dataclasses into a command-line interface.

Quickstart

To install, use

pip install clout

Define some dataclasses and convert them into a command-line interface.

import attr
import click

import clout


@attr.dataclass
class DB:
    host: str
    port: int


@attr.dataclass
class Config:
    db: DB
    dry_run: bool


cli = clout.Command(type=Config)

print(cli.build())

$ myapp config --dry-run db --host example.com --port 9999
Config(db=DB(host='example.com', port=9999), dry_run=True)

See the full docs for more information: https://clout.readthedocs.io/