"""Example for setting up arguments for your command line utility. Example Usage: ``$ python argparse.py`` References: * https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html * https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html * https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html Argparse configuration ====================== This function shows an example of creating an argparse instance with required and optional parameters. Further, it demonstrates how to set default values and boolean arguments. the ``argparse`` module has many more features documented at https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html .. literalinclude:: ../pyforhandbook/section_01/argparse_example.py :pyobject: setup_argparse """ import argparse import os from pathlib import PurePath """ Copyright 2019 Chapin Bryce Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. """ __author__ = 'Chapin Bryce' __date__ = 20190527 __license__ = 'MIT Copyright 2019 Chapin Bryce' __desc__ = '''Sample script to accept command line arguments.''' __docs__ = [ 'https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html', 'https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html', 'https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html' ] def setup_argparse(): # Setup a parser instance with common fields including a # description and epilog. The `formatter_class` instructs # argparse to show default values set for parameters. parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description='Sample Argparse', formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, epilog=f"Built by {__author__}, v.{__date__}" ) # The simplest form of adding an argument, the name of the # parameter and a description of its form. parser.add_argument('INPUT_FILE', help="Input file to parse") parser.add_argument('OUTPUT_FOLDER', help="Folder to store output") # An optional argument with multiple methods of specifying # the parameter. Includes a default value parser.add_argument('-l', '--log', help="Path to log file", default=os.path.abspath(os.path.join( PurePath(__file__).parent, PurePath(__file__).name.rsplit('.', 1)[0] + '.log')) ) # An optional argument which does not accept a value, instead # just modifies functionality. parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help='Include debug log messages') # Once we've specified our arguments we can parse them for # reference args = parser.parse_args() # Returning our parsed arguments for further use. return args # Only run if called directly (not imported) if __name__ == '__main__': args = setup_argparse() # Show arguments print(f'Input file: {args.INPUT_FILE}') print(f'Output folder: {args.OUTPUT_FOLDER}') print(f'Log file: {args.log}') print(f'Be verbose?: {args.verbose}')