handofcats 0.1.4

python function to command translator

A tiny Converter that making executable command script from python function. If the function has sphinx autodoc style docstring, it is also used.

tl;dr

# greeting.py
from handofcats import as_command

@as_command
def greeting(message, is_surprised=False, name="foo"):
    suffix = "!" if is_surprised else ""
    print("{name}: {message}{suffix}".format(name=name, message=message, suffix=suffix))

$ python greeting.py
usage: greeting.py [-h] [--is_surprised] [--name NAME] message
greeting.py: error: too few arguments
$ python greeting.py -h
usage: greeting.py [-h] [--is_surprised] [--name NAME] message

positional arguments:
  message

optional arguments:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  --is_surprised
  --name NAME
$ python greeting.py hello
foo: hello
$ python greeting.py --is_surprised hello
foo: hello!
$ python greeting.py --is_surprised --name=bar bye
bar: bye!

with docstring

from handofcats import as_command


@as_command
def greeting(message, is_surprised=False, name="foo"):
    """ greeting message

    :param message: message of greeting
    :param is_surprised: surprised or not (default=False)
    :param name: name of actor
    """
    suffix = "!" if is_surprised else ""
    print("{name}: {message}{suffix}".format(name=name, message=message, suffix=suffix))

$ python greeting.py -h
usage: greeting.py [-h] [--is_surprised] [--name NAME] message

greeting message

positional arguments:
  message         message of greeting

optional arguments:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  --is_surprised  surprised or not (default=False)
  --name NAME     name of actor