# Copyright 2018 The Abseil Authors. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. """This module provides argparse integration with absl.flags. ``argparse_flags.ArgumentParser`` is a drop-in replacement for :class:`argparse.ArgumentParser`. It takes care of collecting and defining absl flags in :mod:`argparse`. Here is a simple example:: # Assume the following absl.flags is defined in another module: # # from absl import flags # flags.DEFINE_string('echo', None, 'The echo message.') # parser = argparse_flags.ArgumentParser( description='A demo of absl.flags and argparse integration.') parser.add_argument('--header', help='Header message to print.') # The parser will also accept the absl flag `--echo`. # The `header` value is available as `args.header` just like a regular # argparse flag. The absl flag `--echo` continues to be available via # `absl.flags.FLAGS` if you want to access it. args = parser.parse_args() # Example usages: # ./program --echo='A message.' --header='A header' # ./program --header 'A header' --echo 'A message.' Here is another example demonstrates subparsers:: parser = argparse_flags.ArgumentParser(description='A subcommands demo.') parser.add_argument('--header', help='The header message to print.') subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(help='The command to execute.') roll_dice_parser = subparsers.add_parser( 'roll_dice', help='Roll a dice.', # By default, absl flags can also be specified after the sub-command. # To only allow them before sub-command, pass # `inherited_absl_flags=None`. inherited_absl_flags=None) roll_dice_parser.add_argument('--num_faces', type=int, default=6) roll_dice_parser.set_defaults(command=roll_dice) shuffle_parser = subparsers.add_parser('shuffle', help='Shuffle inputs.') shuffle_parser.add_argument( 'inputs', metavar='I', nargs='+', help='Inputs to shuffle.') shuffle_parser.set_defaults(command=shuffle) args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:]) args.command(args) # Example usages: # ./program --echo='A message.' roll_dice --num_faces=6 # ./program shuffle --echo='A message.' 1 2 3 4 There are several differences between :mod:`absl.flags` and :mod:`~absl.flags.argparse_flags`: 1. Flags defined with absl.flags are parsed differently when using the argparse parser. Notably: 1) absl.flags allows both single-dash and double-dash for any flag, and doesn't distinguish them; argparse_flags only allows double-dash for flag's regular name, and single-dash for flag's ``short_name``. 2) Boolean flags in absl.flags can be specified with ``--bool``, ``--nobool``, as well as ``--bool=true/false`` (though not recommended); in argparse_flags, it only allows ``--bool``, ``--nobool``. 2. Help related flag differences: 1) absl.flags does not define help flags, absl.app does that; argparse_flags defines help flags unless passed with ``add_help=False``. 2) absl.app supports ``--helpxml``; argparse_flags does not. 3) argparse_flags supports ``-h``; absl.app does not. """ import argparse import sys from absl import flags _BUILT_IN_FLAGS = frozenset({ 'help', 'helpshort', 'helpfull', 'helpxml', 'flagfile', 'undefok', }) class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser): """Custom ArgumentParser class to support special absl flags.""" def __init__(self, **kwargs): """Initializes ArgumentParser. Args: **kwargs: same as argparse.ArgumentParser, except: 1. It also accepts `inherited_absl_flags`: the absl flags to inherit. The default is the global absl.flags.FLAGS instance. Pass None to ignore absl flags. 2. The `prefix_chars` argument must be the default value '-'. Raises: ValueError: Raised when prefix_chars is not '-'. """ prefix_chars = kwargs.get('prefix_chars', '-') if prefix_chars != '-': raise ValueError( 'argparse_flags.ArgumentParser only supports "-" as the prefix ' 'character, found "{}".'.format(prefix_chars)) # Remove inherited_absl_flags before calling super. self._inherited_absl_flags = kwargs.pop('inherited_absl_flags', flags.FLAGS) # Now call super to initialize argparse.ArgumentParser before calling # add_argument in _define_absl_flags. super(ArgumentParser, self).__init__(**kwargs) if self.add_help: # -h and --help are defined in super. # Also add the --helpshort and --helpfull flags. self.add_argument( # Action 'help' defines a similar flag to -h/--help. '--helpshort', action='help', default=argparse.SUPPRESS, help=argparse.SUPPRESS) self.add_argument( '--helpfull', action=_HelpFullAction, default=argparse.SUPPRESS, help='show full help message and exit') if self._inherited_absl_flags is not None: self.add_argument( '--undefok', default=argparse.SUPPRESS, help=argparse.SUPPRESS) self._define_absl_flags(self._inherited_absl_flags) def parse_known_args(self, args=None, namespace=None): if args is None: args = sys.argv[1:] if self._inherited_absl_flags is not None: # Handle --flagfile. # Explicitly specify force_gnu=True, since argparse behaves like # gnu_getopt: flags can be specified after positional arguments. args = self._inherited_absl_flags.read_flags_from_files( args, force_gnu=True) undefok_missing = object() undefok = getattr(namespace, 'undefok', undefok_missing) namespace, args = super(ArgumentParser, self).parse_known_args( args, namespace) # For Python <= 2.7.8: https://bugs.python.org/issue9351, a bug where # sub-parsers don't preserve existing namespace attributes. # Restore the undefok attribute if a sub-parser dropped it. if undefok is not undefok_missing: namespace.undefok = undefok if self._inherited_absl_flags is not None: # Handle --undefok. At this point, `args` only contains unknown flags, # so it won't strip defined flags that are also specified with --undefok. # For Python <= 2.7.8: https://bugs.python.org/issue9351, a bug where # sub-parsers don't preserve existing namespace attributes. The undefok # attribute might not exist because a subparser dropped it. if hasattr(namespace, 'undefok'): args = _strip_undefok_args(namespace.undefok, args) # absl flags are not exposed in the Namespace object. See Namespace: # https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#argparse.Namespace. del namespace.undefok self._inherited_absl_flags.mark_as_parsed() try: self._inherited_absl_flags.validate_all_flags() except flags.IllegalFlagValueError as e: self.error(str(e)) return namespace, args def _define_absl_flags(self, absl_flags): """Defines flags from absl_flags.""" key_flags = set(absl_flags.get_key_flags_for_module(sys.argv[0])) for name in absl_flags: if name in _BUILT_IN_FLAGS: # Do not inherit built-in flags. continue flag_instance = absl_flags[name] # Each flags with short_name appears in FLAGS twice, so only define # when the dictionary key is equal to the regular name. if name == flag_instance.name: # Suppress the flag in the help short message if it's not a main # module's key flag. suppress = flag_instance not in key_flags self._define_absl_flag(flag_instance, suppress) def _define_absl_flag(self, flag_instance, suppress): """Defines a flag from the flag_instance.""" flag_name = flag_instance.name short_name = flag_instance.short_name argument_names = ['--' + flag_name] if short_name: argument_names.insert(0, '-' + short_name) if suppress: helptext = argparse.SUPPRESS else: # argparse help string uses %-formatting. Escape the literal %'s. helptext = flag_instance.help.replace('%', '%%') if flag_instance.boolean: # Only add the `no` form to the long name. argument_names.append('--no' + flag_name) self.add_argument( *argument_names, action=_BooleanFlagAction, help=helptext, metavar=flag_instance.name.upper(), flag_instance=flag_instance) else: self.add_argument( *argument_names, action=_FlagAction, help=helptext, metavar=flag_instance.name.upper(), flag_instance=flag_instance) class _FlagAction(argparse.Action): """Action class for Abseil non-boolean flags.""" def __init__( self, option_strings, dest, help, # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin metavar, flag_instance, default=argparse.SUPPRESS): """Initializes _FlagAction. Args: option_strings: See argparse.Action. dest: Ignored. The flag is always defined with dest=argparse.SUPPRESS. help: See argparse.Action. metavar: See argparse.Action. flag_instance: absl.flags.Flag, the absl flag instance. default: Ignored. The flag always uses dest=argparse.SUPPRESS so it doesn't affect the parsing result. """ del dest self._flag_instance = flag_instance super(_FlagAction, self).__init__( option_strings=option_strings, dest=argparse.SUPPRESS, help=help, metavar=metavar) def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None): """See https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#action-classes.""" self._flag_instance.parse(values) self._flag_instance.using_default_value = False class _BooleanFlagAction(argparse.Action): """Action class for Abseil boolean flags.""" def __init__( self, option_strings, dest, help, # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin metavar, flag_instance, default=argparse.SUPPRESS): """Initializes _BooleanFlagAction. Args: option_strings: See argparse.Action. dest: Ignored. The flag is always defined with dest=argparse.SUPPRESS. help: See argparse.Action. metavar: See argparse.Action. flag_instance: absl.flags.Flag, the absl flag instance. default: Ignored. The flag always uses dest=argparse.SUPPRESS so it doesn't affect the parsing result. """ del dest, default self._flag_instance = flag_instance flag_names = [self._flag_instance.name] if self._flag_instance.short_name: flag_names.append(self._flag_instance.short_name) self._flag_names = frozenset(flag_names) super(_BooleanFlagAction, self).__init__( option_strings=option_strings, dest=argparse.SUPPRESS, nargs=0, # Does not accept values, only `--bool` or `--nobool`. help=help, metavar=metavar) def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None): """See https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#action-classes.""" if not isinstance(values, list) or values: raise ValueError('values must be an empty list.') if option_string.startswith('--'): option = option_string[2:] else: option = option_string[1:] if option in self._flag_names: self._flag_instance.parse('true') else: if not option.startswith('no') or option[2:] not in self._flag_names: raise ValueError('invalid option_string: ' + option_string) self._flag_instance.parse('false') self._flag_instance.using_default_value = False class _HelpFullAction(argparse.Action): """Action class for --helpfull flag.""" def __init__(self, option_strings, dest, default, help): # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin """Initializes _HelpFullAction. Args: option_strings: See argparse.Action. dest: Ignored. The flag is always defined with dest=argparse.SUPPRESS. default: Ignored. help: See argparse.Action. """ del dest, default super(_HelpFullAction, self).__init__( option_strings=option_strings, dest=argparse.SUPPRESS, default=argparse.SUPPRESS, nargs=0, help=help) def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None): """See https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#action-classes.""" # This only prints flags when help is not argparse.SUPPRESS. # It includes user defined argparse flags, as well as main module's # key absl flags. Other absl flags use argparse.SUPPRESS, so they aren't # printed here. parser.print_help() absl_flags = parser._inherited_absl_flags # pylint: disable=protected-access if absl_flags is not None: modules = sorted(absl_flags.flags_by_module_dict()) main_module = sys.argv[0] if main_module in modules: # The main module flags are already printed in parser.print_help(). modules.remove(main_module) print(absl_flags._get_help_for_modules( # pylint: disable=protected-access modules, prefix='', include_special_flags=True)) parser.exit() def _strip_undefok_args(undefok, args): """Returns a new list of args after removing flags in --undefok.""" if undefok: undefok_names = set(name.strip() for name in undefok.split(',')) undefok_names |= set('no' + name for name in undefok_names) # Remove undefok flags. args = [arg for arg in args if not _is_undefok(arg, undefok_names)] return args def _is_undefok(arg, undefok_names): """Returns whether we can ignore arg based on a set of undefok flag names.""" if not arg.startswith('-'): return False if arg.startswith('--'): arg_without_dash = arg[2:] else: arg_without_dash = arg[1:] if '=' in arg_without_dash: name, _ = arg_without_dash.split('=', 1) else: name = arg_without_dash if name in undefok_names: return True return False