doc to argparse driven by docopt
Define your command line interface (CLI) from a docstring (rather than the other way around). Because it's easy. It's quick. Painless. Then focus on what's actually important - using the arguments in the rest of your program.
The problem is that this is not always flexible. Still need all the features of argparse? Now have the best of both worlds... all the extension such as shtab or Gooey but with the simple syntax of docopt.
Table of contents
pip install argopt
Pull and install:
pip install "git+https://github.com/casperdcl/argopt.git@master#egg=argopt"conda install -c conda-forge argoptThe list of all changes is available on the Releases page:
Standard docopt docstring syntax applies. Additionally, some improvements and enhancements are supported, such as type checking and default positional arguments.
'''Example programme description.
You should be able to do
args = argopt(__doc__).parse_args()
instead of
args = docopt(__doc__)
Usage:
test.py [options] <x> [<y>...]
Arguments:
<x> A file.
--anarg=<a> Description here [default: 1e3:int].
-p PAT, --patts PAT Or [default: None:file].
--bar=<b> Another [default: something] should
auto-wrap something in quotes and assume str.
-f, --force Force.
'''
from argopt import argopt
__version__ = "0.1.2-3.4"
parser = argopt(__doc__, version=__version__)
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.force:
print(args)
else:
print(args.x)For comparison, the docopt equivalent would be:
'''Example programme description.
Usage:
test.py [options] <x> [<y>...]
Arguments:
<x> A file.
--anarg=<a> int, Description here [default: 1e3].
-p PAT, --patts PAT file, Or (default: None).
--bar=<b> str, Another [default: something] should
assume str like everything else.
-f, --force Force.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-v, --version Show program's version number and exit.
'''
from docopt import docopt
__version__ = "0.1.2-3.4"
args = docopt(__doc__, version=__version__)
args["--anarg"] = int(eval(args["--anarg"]))
if args["--patts"]:
args["--patts"] = open(args["--patts"])
if args["--force"]:
print(args)
else:
print(args["<x>"])See the examples folder.
def argopt(doc='', argparser=ArgumentParser,
formatter_class=RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
logLevel=logging.NOTSET, **_kwargs):
"""
Note that `docopt` supports neither type specifiers nor default
positional arguments. We support both here.
Parameters
----------
doc : docopt compatible, with optional type specifiers
[default: '':str]
argparser : Argument parser class [default: argparse.ArgumentParser]
version : Version string [default: None:str]
formatter_class : [default: argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter]
logLevel : [default: logging.NOTSET]
_kwargs : any `argparser` initialiser arguments
N.B.: `prog`, `description`, and `epilog` are automatically
inferred if not `None`
Returns
-------
out : argparser object (default: argparse.ArgumentParser)
Usage
-----
Extension syntax example: [default: 1e3:int].
You should be able to do
parser = argopt(__doc__)
args = parser.parse_args()
instead of
args = docopt(__doc__)
TODO
----
add_argument_group
add_mutually_exclusive_group
(better) subparser support
(docopt extension) action choices
(docopt extension) action count
"""
All source code is hosted on GitHub. Contributions are welcome.
Open Source (OSI approved):
- Casper da Costa-Luis (casperdcl
)
We are grateful for all 
