Overview¶
Cloup (originally from: Click + option groups) extends Click with several features:
Option groups with the
@option_group
decorator.Constraints like
mutually_exclusive
,RequireAtLeast(n)
etc., which can be applied, even conditionally, to option groups or to any group of parameters (including positional arguments).Possibility to organize the subcommands of a
Group
in multiple help sections.A themeable HelpFormatter that:
allows you to style several elements of the help page according to a theme
switches to a different layout when the terminal width is small for the standard 2-column layout, so that the help page is readable in all circumstances
has more parameters, which give you more control on the format of the help page.
Besides, Cloup is:
type-annotated and provides additional methods so that you can always be assisted by your IDE (e.g.
Context.settings()
for creating acontext_settings
dict leveraging auto-completion)extensively tested with multiple versions of Python and Click (see Tests)
well-documented.
Basic example¶
from cloup import HelpFormatter, HelpTheme, Style, command, option, option_group
from cloup.constraints import RequireAtLeast, mutually_exclusive
# Check the docs for all available arguments of HelpFormatter and HelpTheme.
formatter_settings = HelpFormatter.settings(
theme=HelpTheme(
invoked_command=Style(fg='bright_yellow'),
heading=Style(fg='bright_white', bold=True),
constraint=Style(fg='magenta'),
col1=Style(fg='bright_yellow'),
)
)
# In a multi-command app, you would pass formatter_settings inside context_settings
# so that settings are propagated to subcommands.
@command(formatter_settings=formatter_settings)
@option_group(
"Cool options",
option('--foo', help='This text should describe the option --foo.'),
option('--bar', help='This text should describe the option --bar.'),
constraint=mutually_exclusive,
)
@option_group(
"Other cool options",
"This is the optional description of this option group.",
option('--pippo', help='This text should describe the option --pippo.'),
option('--pluto', help='This text should describe the option --pluto.'),
constraint=RequireAtLeast(1),
)
def cmd(**kwargs):
"""This is the command description."""
pass
if __name__ == '__main__':
cmd(prog_name='invoked-command')
If you don’t provide --pippo
or --pluto
:
Usage: invoked-command [OPTIONS]
Try 'invoked-command --help' for help.
Error: at least 1 of the following parameters must be set:
--pippo
--pluto
Read more on the website.
Supporting the project¶
Designing, testing and documenting a library takes a lot of time. The most concrete way to show your appreciation and to support future development is by donating. Any amount is appreciated.
Apart from that, you can help the project by starring it on GitHub, reporting issues, proposing improvements and contributing with your code!
User guide¶
Please, note that Cloup documentation doesn’t replace Click documentation.