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usage-spec-click

Generates usage spec for CLIs written with click.

Install

pip install usage-spec-click

Usage

import click
from click_usage import generate

@click.command()
@click.version_option("1.0.0")
@click.option("-v", "--verbose", is_flag=True, help="Enable verbose output")
@click.option("-f", "--file", type=str, help="Input file")
@click.option("--color/--no-color", default=False, help="Color output")
def cli(verbose, file, color):
    pass

print(generate(cli, "mycli"))

API

generate(cmd, bin_name=None)

Generates a usage spec in KDL format from a click Command or Group.

generate_kdl(cmd, bin_name=None)

Alias for generate().

generate_json(cmd, bin_name=None)

Generates a usage spec in JSON format.

convert_root(cmd, bin_name=None)

Converts a click Command or Group to the Spec data structure.

Supported Features

click Feature Usage Spec Mapping
cmd.name name / bin
@click.version_option() version
cmd.short_help / cmd.help about / long_about
@click.option() flag
required=True flag required=#true
is_flag=True Boolean flag (no arg)
--flag/--no-flag negate
count=True count=#true
multiple=True var=#true
type=click.Choice() choices
default=... default
hidden=True hide=#true
deprecated="..." deprecated
envvar="..." env
@click.argument() arg
@click.group() subcommands cmd (recursive)
Groups without positional args subcommand_required=#true
cmd.hidden Commands hidden from listing

License

MIT

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