Source code for jsonargparse.cli

"""Simple creation of command line interfaces."""

import inspect
from typing import Union, List, Callable, Type
from .core import ArgumentParser
from .actions import ActionConfigFile


__all__ = ['CLI']


[docs]def CLI( components: Union[Callable, Type, List[Union[Callable, Type]]] = None, args: List[str] = None, config_help: str = 'Path to a configuration file in json or yaml format.', as_positional: bool = True, **kwargs ): """Function for simple creation of command line interfaces. Creates an argument parser from one or more functions/classes, parses arguments and runs one of the functions or class methods depending on what was parsed. If the components argument is not given, then the components will be all the locals in the context and defined in the same module as from where CLI is called. Args: components: One or more functions/classes to include in the command line interface. args: List of arguments to parse or None to use sys.argv. config_help: Help string for config file option in help. as_positional: Whether to add required parameters as positional arguments. **kwargs: Used to instantiate :class:`.ArgumentParser`. Returns: The value returned by the executed function or class method. """ caller = inspect.stack()[1][0] if 'description' not in kwargs: kwargs['description'] = caller.f_globals['__doc__'] if components is None: module = inspect.getmodule(caller).__name__ # type: ignore components = [ v for v in caller.f_locals.values() if (inspect.isfunction(v) or inspect.isclass(v)) and inspect.getmodule(v).__name__ == module # type: ignore ] if len(components) == 0: raise ValueError('Either components argument must be given or there must be at least one ' 'function or class among the locals in the context where CLI is called.') elif not isinstance(components, list): components = [components] parser = ArgumentParser(parse_as_dict=True, default_meta=False, **kwargs) parser.add_argument('--config', action=ActionConfigFile, help=config_help) if len(components) == 1: component = components[0] _add_component_to_parser(component, parser, as_positional) cfg = parser.parse_args(args) return _run_component(component, cfg) else: subcommands = parser.add_subcommands(required=True) comp_dict = {c.__name__: c for c in components} for name, component in comp_dict.items(): subparser = ArgumentParser() subcommands.add_subcommand(name, subparser) # type: ignore _add_component_to_parser(component, subparser, as_positional) cfg = parser.parse_args(args) subcommand = cfg.pop('subcommand') component = comp_dict[subcommand] return _run_component(component, cfg.get(subcommand))
def _add_component_to_parser(component, parser, as_positional): if inspect.isfunction(component): parser.add_function_arguments(component, as_positional=as_positional) else: parser.add_class_arguments(component, as_positional=as_positional) subcommands = parser.add_subcommands(required=True) for key in [k for k, v in inspect.getmembers(component) if callable(v) and k[0] != '_']: subparser = ArgumentParser() subparser.add_method_arguments(component, key, as_positional=as_positional) subcommands.add_subcommand(key, subparser) def _run_component(component, cfg): if 'config' in cfg: del cfg['config'] if inspect.isfunction(component): return component(**cfg) else: subcommand = cfg.pop('subcommand') subcommand_cfg = cfg.pop(subcommand) component_obj = component(**cfg) return getattr(component_obj, subcommand)(**subcommand_cfg)