argh/dispatching.py
def dispatch(parser, argv=None, add_help_command=True,
             completion=True, pre_call=None,
             output_file=sys.stdout, errors_file=sys.stderr,
             raw_output=False, namespace=None,
             skip_unknown_args=False):
    """
    Parses given list of arguments using given parser, calls the relevant
    function and prints the result.

    The target function should expect one positional argument: the
    :class:`argparse.Namespace` object. However, if the function is decorated with
    :func:`~argh.decorators.plain_signature`, the positional and named
    arguments from the namespace object are passed to the function instead
    of the object itself.

    :param parser:

        the ArgumentParser instance.

    :param argv:

        a list of strings representing the arguments. If `None`, ``sys.argv``
        is used instead. Default is `None`.

    :param add_help_command:

        if `True`, converts first positional argument "help" to a keyword
        argument so that ``help foo`` becomes ``foo --help`` and displays usage
        information for "foo". Default is `True`.

    :param output_file:

        A file-like object for output. If `None`, the resulting lines are
        collected and returned as a string. Default is ``sys.stdout``.

    :param errors_file:

        Same as `output_file` but for ``sys.stderr``.

    :param raw_output:

        If `True`, results are written to the output file raw, without adding
        whitespaces or newlines between yielded strings. Default is `False`.

    :param completion:

        If `True`, shell tab completion is enabled. Default is `True`. (You
        will also need to install it.)  See :mod:`argh.completion`.

    :param skip_unknown_args:

        If `True`, unknown arguments do not cause an error
        (`ArgumentParser.parse_known_args` is used).

    :param namespace:

        An `argparse.Namespace`-like object.  By default an
        :class:`ArghNamespace` object is used.  Please note that support for
        combined default and nested functions may be broken if a different
        type of object is forced.

    By default the exceptions are not wrapped and will propagate. The only
    exception that is always wrapped is :class:`~argh.exceptions.CommandError`
    which is interpreted as an expected event so the traceback is hidden.
    You can also mark arbitrary exceptions as "wrappable" by using the
    :func:`~argh.decorators.wrap_errors` decorator.
    """
    if completion:
        autocomplete(parser)

    if argv is None:
        argv = sys.argv[1:]

    if add_help_command:
        if argv and argv[0] == 'help':
            argv.pop(0)
            argv.append('--help')

    if skip_unknown_args:
        parse_args = parser.parse_known_args
    else:
        parse_args = parser.parse_args

    if not namespace:
        namespace = ArghNamespace()

    # this will raise SystemExit if parsing fails
    namespace_obj = parse_args(argv, namespace=namespace)

    function = _get_function_from_namespace_obj(namespace_obj)

    if function:
        lines = _execute_command(function, namespace_obj, errors_file,
                                 pre_call=pre_call)
    else:
        # no commands declared, can't dispatch; display help message
        lines = [parser.format_usage()]

    if output_file is None:
        # user wants a string; we create an internal temporary file-like object
        # and will return its contents as a string
        if sys.version_info < (3,0):
            f = compat.BytesIO()
        else:
            f = compat.StringIO()
    else:
        # normally this is stdout; can be any file
        f = output_file

    for line in lines:
        # print the line as soon as it is generated to ensure that it is
        # displayed to the user before anything else happens, e.g.
        # raw_input() is called

        io.dump(line, f)
        if not raw_output:
            # in most cases user wants one message per line
            io.dump('\n', f)

    if output_file is None:
        # user wanted a string; return contents of our temporary file-like obj
        f.seek(0)
        return f.read()
def dispatch(parser, argv=None, add_help_command=True,
             completion=True, pre_call=None,
             output_file=sys.stdout, errors_file=sys.stderr,
             raw_output=False, namespace=None,
             skip_unknown_args=False):
    """
    Parses given list of arguments using given parser, calls the relevant
    function and prints the result.

    The target function should expect one positional argument: the
    :class:`argparse.Namespace` object. However, if the function is decorated with
    :func:`~argh.decorators.plain_signature`, the positional and named
    arguments from the namespace object are passed to the function instead
    of the object itself.

    :param parser:

        the ArgumentParser instance.

    :param argv:

        a list of strings representing the arguments. If `None`, ``sys.argv``
        is used instead. Default is `None`.

    :param add_help_command:

        if `True`, converts first positional argument "help" to a keyword
        argument so that ``help foo`` becomes ``foo --help`` and displays usage
        information for "foo". Default is `True`.

    :param output_file:

        A file-like object for output. If `None`, the resulting lines are
        collected and returned as a string. Default is ``sys.stdout``.

    :param errors_file:

        Same as `output_file` but for ``sys.stderr``.

    :param raw_output:

        If `True`, results are written to the output file raw, without adding
        whitespaces or newlines between yielded strings. Default is `False`.

    :param completion:

        If `True`, shell tab completion is enabled. Default is `True`. (You
        will also need to install it.)  See :mod:`argh.completion`.

    :param skip_unknown_args:

        If `True`, unknown arguments do not cause an error
        (`ArgumentParser.parse_known_args` is used).

    :param namespace:

        An `argparse.Namespace`-like object.  By default an
        :class:`ArghNamespace` object is used.  Please note that support for
        combined default and nested functions may be broken if a different
        type of object is forced.

    By default the exceptions are not wrapped and will propagate. The only
    exception that is always wrapped is :class:`~argh.exceptions.CommandError`
    which is interpreted as an expected event so the traceback is hidden.
    You can also mark arbitrary exceptions as "wrappable" by using the
    :func:`~argh.decorators.wrap_errors` decorator.
    """
    if completion:
        autocomplete(parser)

    if argv is None:
        argv = sys.argv[1:]

    if add_help_command:
        if argv and argv[0] == 'help':
            argv.pop(0)
            argv.append('--help')

    if skip_unknown_args:
        parse_args = parser.parse_known_args
    else:
        parse_args = parser.parse_args

    if not namespace:
        namespace = ArghNamespace()

    # this will raise SystemExit if parsing fails
    namespace_obj = parse_args(argv, namespace=namespace)

    function = _get_function_from_namespace_obj(namespace_obj)

    if function:
        lines = _execute_command(function, namespace_obj, errors_file,
                                 pre_call=pre_call)
    else:
        # no commands declared, can't dispatch; display help message
        lines = [parser.format_usage()]

    if output_file is None:
        # user wants a string; we create an internal temporary file-like object
        # and will return its contents as a string
        if sys.version_info < (3,0):
            f = compat.BytesIO()
        else:
            f = compat.StringIO()
    else:
        # normally this is stdout; can be any file
        f = output_file

    for line in lines:
        # print the line as soon as it is generated to ensure that it is
        # displayed to the user before anything else happens, e.g.
        # raw_input() is called

        io.dump(line, f)
        if not raw_output:
            # in most cases user wants one message per line
            io.dump('\n', f)

    if output_file is None:
        # user wanted a string; return contents of our temporary file-like obj
        f.seek(0)
        return f.read()
Parses given list of arguments using given parser, calls the relevant
    function and prints the result.

    The target function should expect one positional argument: the
    :class:`argparse.Namespace` object. However, if the function is decorated with
    :func:`~argh.decorators.plain_signature`, the positional and named
    arguments from the namespace object are passed to the function instead
    of the object itself.

    :param parser:

        the ArgumentParser instance.

    :param argv:

        a list of strings representing the arguments. If `None`, ``sys.argv``
        is used instead. Default is `None`.

    :param add_help_command:

        if `True`, converts first positional argument "help" to a keyword
        argument so that ``help foo`` becomes ``foo --help`` and displays usage
        information for "foo". Default is `True`.

    :param output_file:

        A file-like object for output. If `None`, the resulting lines are
        collected and returned as a string. Default is ``sys.stdout``.

    :param errors_file:

        Same as `output_file` but for ``sys.stderr``.

    :param raw_output:

        If `True`, results are written to the output file raw, without adding
        whitespaces or newlines between yielded strings. Default is `False`.

    :param completion:

        If `True`, shell tab completion is enabled. Default is `True`. (You
        will also need to install it.)  See :mod:`argh.completion`.

    :param skip_unknown_args:

        If `True`, unknown arguments do not cause an error
        (`ArgumentParser.parse_known_args` is used).

    :param namespace:

        An `argparse.Namespace`-like object.  By default an
        :class:`ArghNamespace` object is used.  Please note that support for
        combined default and nested functions may be broken if a different
        type of object is forced.

    By default the exceptions are not wrapped and will propagate. The only
    exception that is always wrapped is :class:`~argh.exceptions.CommandError`
    which is interpreted as an expected event so the traceback is hidden.
    You can also mark arbitrary exceptions as "wrappable" by using the
    :func:`~argh.decorators.wrap_errors` decorator.