argparse-slim

Slim interface for argparse package

Usage

const argparseSlim = require('argparse-slim');

let parser = argparseSlim.from(/* OPTIONS */,
[
	[ /* addArgument params */ ],
	[ /* addArgument params */ ],
	[ /* addArgument params */ ]
]);

let parser = await argparseSlim.from('./options.json');

argparseSlim.from('./options.json', (argparser) =>
{
	parser = argparser;
});

var parser = argparseSlim.from.sync('./options.json');

//options.json content:
/*
{
	"options": OPTIONS,
	"args":
	[
		[ addArgument params ],
		[ addArgument params ],
		[ addArgument params ]
	]
}
*/

Syntax of OPTIONS

See argparse docu: https://www.npmjs.com/package/argparse#argumentparser-objects

Syntax of addArguments params

See argparse docu: https://www.npmjs.com/package/argparse#addargument-method

Examples

const argparseSlim = require('argparse-slim');

let parser = argparseSlim.from(
	{
		version: '1.0.0',
		addHelp: true,
		description: 'Slim interface for argparse'
	},
	[
		[
			['-f', '--foo'],
			{
				help: 'Foo'
			}
		],
		[
			['-b', '--bar'],
			{
				help: 'Bar'
			}
		]
	]
);

let parser = await argparseSlim.from('./options.json');

let parser = argparseSlim.from.sync('./options.json');


var parsed = parser.parseArgs();

/* options.json
{
	"options":
	{
		"version": "1.0.0",
		"addHelp": true,
		"description": "Slim interface for argparse"
	},
	"args":
	[
		[
			["-f", "--foo"],
			{
				"help": "Foo"
			}
		],
		[
			["-b", "--bar"],
			{
				"help": "Bar"
			}
		]
	]
}

var parsed = parser.parseArgs();

API

from(options, args)

arguments

• options (object)
• args (array)

returns

• ArgumentParser (object)

from(optionsFile, [options], [callback])

arguments

• optionsFile (string)
• options (object)
  options for fs.readFile
• callback (function)

returns

• Promise (object)
  Only if no callback is given

from.sync(optionsFile, [options])

arguments

• optionsFile (string)
• options (object)
  options for fs.readFile

returns

• ArgumentParser (object)