cmdline.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
from argparse import ArgumentParser, RawTextHelpFormatter
import sys


def parse_arguments(args=sys.argv[1:]):
    """Parse arguments of script."""
    cmd_description = "Download tracklistings for BBC radio shows.\n\n" \
                      "Saves to a text file, tags audio file or does both.\n" \
                      "To select output file, filename " \
                      "must both be specified.\n" \
                      "If directory is not specified, directory is assumed" \
                      "to be where script is.\n" \
                      "Filename is the prefix, for someaudio.m4a, use " \
                      "--filename someaudio\n" \
                      "Otherwise, an attempt will be made to write " \
                      "text file to current directory.\n" \
                      "If choosing 'both', directory and filename should " \
                      "point to audio file.\n" \
                      "In this case, text file will have same name " \
                      "as audio file, but with .txt"

    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7869345/
    parser = ArgumentParser(formatter_class=RawTextHelpFormatter,
                            description=cmd_description)
    action_help = "tag: tag audio file with tracklisting\n" \
                  "text: write tracklisting to text file (default)\n" \
                  "both: tag audio file and write to text file"
    parser.add_argument('action', choices=('tag', 'text', 'both'),
                        default='text', help=action_help)
    parser.add_argument('pid', help="BBC programme id, e.g. b03fnc82")
    parser.add_argument('--directory', help="output directory")
    parser.add_argument('--fileprefix', help="output filename prefix")
    return parser.parse_args()


def main():
    """Check arguments are retrieved."""
    args = parse_arguments()
    print(args)
    print("action" + args.action)
    print("pid" + args.pid)
    print("directory" + args.directory)
    print("fileprefix" + args.fileprefix)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()