python argh/argparse: How can I pass a list as a command
I'm trying to pass a list of arguments to a python script using the argh library. Something that can take inputs like these:
./my_script.py my-func --argA blah --argB 1 2 3 4
./my_script.py my-func --argA blah --argB 1
./my_script.py my-func --argA blah --argB
My internal code looks like this:
import argh
@argh.arg('--argA', default="bleh", help='My first arg')
@argh.arg('--argB', default=[], help='A list-type arg--except it's not!')
def my_func(args):
"A function that does something"
print args.argA
print args.argB
for b in args.argB:
print int(b)*int(b) #Print the square of each number in the list
print sum([int(b) for b in args.argB]) #Print the sum of the list
p = argh.ArghParser()
p.add_commands([my_func])
p.dispatch()
And here's how it behaves:
$ python temp.py my-func --argA blooh --argB 1
blooh
['1']
1
1
$ python temp.py my-func --argA blooh --argB 10
blooh
['1', '0']
1
0
1
$ python temp.py my-func --argA blooh --argB 1 2 3
usage: temp.py [-h] {my-func} ...
temp.py: error: unrecognized arguments: 2 3
The problem seems pretty straightforward: argh is only accepting the first argument, and treating it as a string. How do I make it "expect" a list of integers instead?
I see how this is done in optparse, but what about the (not-deprecated) argparse? Or using argh's much nicer decorated syntax? These seem much more pythonic.
With argparse , you just use type=int
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('-a', '--arg', nargs='+', type=int)
print parser.parse_args()
Example output:
$ python test.py -a 1 2 3
Namespace(arg=[1, 2, 3])
Edit: I'm not familiar with argh , but it seems to be just a wrapper around argparse and this worked for me:
import argh
@argh.arg('-a', '--arg', nargs='+', type=int)
def main(args):
print args
parser = argh.ArghParser()
parser.add_commands([main])
parser.dispatch()
Example output:
$ python test.py main -a 1 2 3
Namespace(arg=[1, 2, 3], function=<function main at 0x.......>)
我为了访问每个参数值，下面的代码可能会有所帮助。
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('-a', '--arg', nargs='+', type=int)
args = vars(parser.parse_args())
print "first parameter:" + str(args["arg"][0])
print "second parameter:" + str(args["arg"][1])
print "third parameter:" + str(args["arg"][2])