module-cli

Bootstrap extensible single-module python CLIs

Installation

With pipx

This package is intended to generate python modules that function as CLIs and therefore shouldn't be a dependency of any module/package that it generates. Because of this it's recommended to use this package via pipx:

pipx run module-cli /path/to/module.py

With pip

If you really want this package as one of your package's dependencies, then install via pip in the usual way:

pip install module-cli

Which you can then use the CLI:

$ module-cli -h
usage: module-cli [-h] [-v] [-D] [out]

Bootstrap a single-module python CLI

positional arguments:
  out            File to write to. (default: -)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -v, --version  show program's version number and exit
  -D, --debug    run program in debug mode

Installing your CLI

The modules generated by module-cli contain a function cli(). This function is the one you'll likely want to point to if you intend to turn your module into an installable command-line application.

• setup.cfg:

  [options.entry_points]
  console_scripts =
      my_cli = my_pkg.my_module:cli

• setup.py:

  setup(
      entry_points = {
          'console_scripts': ['my_cli=my_pkg.my_module:cli'],
      }
  )

• pyproject.toml (poetry):

  [tool.poetry.scripts]
  my_cli = "my_pkg.my_module:cli"

Contributing

1. Have or install a recent version of poetry (version >= 1.1)
2. Fork the repo
3. Setup a virtual environment (however you prefer)
4. Run poetry install
5. Run pre-commit install
6. Add your changes (adding/updating tests is always nice too)
7. Commit your changes + push to your fork
8. Open a PR