Sometimes we have to create tools that takes input as argument with certain options. We can create such tool with optparse module of python.

Here is a small example of using this.

 

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from optparse import OptionParser

parser = OptionParser(usage=’usage: %prog [options] arguments’)

parser.add_option(‘-a’,help="setup/cleanup",action="store", dest="action")
parser.add_option(‘-m’,help="email id",action="store", dest="email")
parser.add_option(‘-i’,help="Input json props",action="store", dest="input")
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

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For help, type: ( This will display all the arguments that can be used with their format)

python tool.py -h

Usage: tool.py [options] arguments

Options:
-h, –help show this help message and exit
-a ACTION setup/cleanup
-m EMAIL email id
-i INPUT Input json props

save it in a programme and execute it as :

python tool.py -a setup -i file.json -m pdk@pdk.com

 

Now we can access the above inputs and use them, using below variables inside the programme:

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options.input

options.email

options.action

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