python-forensics-handbook/pyforhandbook/section_01/argparse_example.py

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"""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
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"""
__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}')