Method cli_noexit

cli_function.py:212–236

Call the function from the CLI. Parse command line arguments to get all arguments. :return: the return of main

(self, cli_args=None)

            self._arguments[argument.key] = argument

    def cli_noexit(self, cli_args=None):
        '''
        Call the function from the CLI. Parse command line arguments
        to get all arguments.

        :return: the return of main
        '''
        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
            description=self._description,
            formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter,
        )
        for key in self._arguments:
            argument = self._arguments[key]
            parser.add_argument(*argument.args, **argument.kwargs)
            if argument.is_bool:
                new_longname = '--no' + argument.longname[1:]
                kwargs = argument.kwargs.copy()
                kwargs['default'] = not argument.default
                if kwargs['action'] in ('store_true', 'store_false'):
                    kwargs['action'] = 'store_false'
                if 'help' in kwargs:
                    del kwargs['help']
                parser.add_argument(new_longname, dest=argument.key, **kwargs)
        args = parser.parse_args(args=cli_args)
        return self._do_main(vars(args))

    def cli(self, *args, **kwargs):
        '''