ConfigArgumentParser

class ConfigArgumentParser

Bases: object

Wrapper combining ConfigParser and ArgumentParser.

config

A ConfigParser.

parser

An ArgumentParser.

defaults

A dict contains the default arguments.

namespace

An object returned by parse_args.

args

A dict contains the parsed arguments.

help

A dict contains the help messages.

Methods

parse_args	Add arguments to parser and parse arguments.
parse_obj	Parse arguments and update object attributes.
read	Read and parse a filename or an iterable of filenames.
read_py	Read and parse a filename of Python script.
read_string	Read configuration from a given string.

read(filenames)

Read and parse a filename or an iterable of filenames.

Return list of successfully read files.

read_string(string)

Read configuration from a given string.

read_py(filename)

Read and parse a filename of Python script.

parse_args(args=None, *, shorts='')

Add arguments to parser and parse arguments.

Parameters:

• args – A list of strings to parse. The default is taken from sys.argv.

• shorts – A sequence of short option letters for the leading options.

Returns:

A dict containing arguments.

parse_obj(obj, args=None, *, shorts='')

Parse arguments and update object attributes.

Parameters:

• obj – An object with attributes as default arguments.

• args – A list of strings to parse. The default is taken from sys.argv.

• shorts – A sequence of short option letters for the leading options.

Returns:

A dict containing updated arguments.