Function unpack_cli_arg

awscli/argprocess.py:131–149

Parses and unpacks the encoded string command line parameter and returns native Python data structures that can be passed to the Operation. :type cli_argument: :class:`awscli.arguments.BaseCLIArgument` :param cli_argument: The CLI argument object. :param value: The value o

(cli_argument, value)

def unpack_cli_arg(cli_argument, value):
    """
    Parses and unpacks the encoded string command line parameter
    and returns native Python data structures that can be passed
    to the Operation.

    :type cli_argument: :class:`awscli.arguments.BaseCLIArgument`
    :param cli_argument: The CLI argument object.

    :param value: The value of the parameter.  This can be a number of
        different python types (str, list, etc).  This is the value as
        it's specified on the command line.

    :return: The "unpacked" argument than can be sent to the `Operation`
        object in python.
    """
    return _unpack_cli_arg(
        cli_argument.argument_model, value, cli_argument.cli_name
    )


def _special_type(model):