// Package arg parses command line arguments using the fields from a struct. // // For example, // // var args struct { // Iter int // Debug bool // } // arg.MustParse(&args) // // defines two command line arguments, which can be set using any of // // ./example --iter=1 --bar // bar is a boolean flag so its value is set to true // ./example -iter 1 // bar will default to its zero value // ./example --bar=true // foo will default to its zero value // // The fastest way to learn how to use go-arg is to read the examples below. // // Fields can be bool, string, any float type, or any signed or unsigned integer type. // They can also be slices of any of the above, or slices of pointers to any of the above. // // Tags can be specified using the `arg` package name: // // var args struct { // Input string `arg:"positional"` // Log string `arg:"positional,required"` // Debug bool `arg:"-d,help:turn on debug mode"` // RealMode bool `arg:"--real" // Wr io.Writer `arg:"-"` // } // // The valid tag strings are `positional`, `required`, and `help`. Further, any tag string // that starts with a single hyphen is the short form for an argument (e.g. `./example -d`), // and any tag string that starts with two hyphens is the long form for the argument // (instead of the field name). Fields can be excluded from processing with `arg:"-"`. package arg import ( "errors" "fmt" "os" "reflect" "strconv" "strings" ) // spec represents a command line option type spec struct { dest reflect.Value long string short string multiple bool required bool positional bool help string wasPresent bool } // ErrHelp indicates that -h or --help were provided var ErrHelp = errors.New("help requested by user") // MustParse processes command line arguments and exits upon failure func MustParse(dest ...interface{}) { p, err := NewParser(dest...) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) os.Exit(-1) } err = p.Parse(os.Args[1:]) if err == ErrHelp { p.WriteHelp(os.Stdout) os.Exit(0) } if err != nil { p.Fail(err.Error()) } } // Parse processes command line arguments and stores them in dest func Parse(dest ...interface{}) error { p, err := NewParser(dest...) if err != nil { return err } return p.Parse(os.Args[1:]) } // Parser represents a set of command line options with destination values type Parser struct { spec []*spec } // NewParser constructs a parser from a list of destination structs func NewParser(dests ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) { var specs []*spec for _, dest := range dests { v := reflect.ValueOf(dest) if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr { panic(fmt.Sprintf("%s is not a pointer (did you forget an ampersand?)", v.Type())) } v = v.Elem() if v.Kind() != reflect.Struct { panic(fmt.Sprintf("%T is not a struct pointer", dest)) } t := v.Type() for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ { // Check for the ignore switch in the tag field := t.Field(i) tag := field.Tag.Get("arg") if tag == "-" { continue } spec := spec{ long: strings.ToLower(field.Name), dest: v.Field(i), } // Get the scalar type for this field scalarType := field.Type if scalarType.Kind() == reflect.Slice { spec.multiple = true scalarType = scalarType.Elem() if scalarType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { scalarType = scalarType.Elem() } } // Check for unsupported types switch scalarType.Kind() { case reflect.Array, reflect.Chan, reflect.Func, reflect.Interface, reflect.Map, reflect.Ptr, reflect.Struct, reflect.Complex64, reflect.Complex128: return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s.%s: %s fields are not supported", t.Name(), field.Name, scalarType.Kind()) } // Look at the tag if tag != "" { for _, key := range strings.Split(tag, ",") { var value string if pos := strings.Index(key, ":"); pos != -1 { value = key[pos+1:] key = key[:pos] } switch { case strings.HasPrefix(key, "--"): spec.long = key[2:] case strings.HasPrefix(key, "-"): if len(key) != 2 { return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s.%s: short arguments must be one character only", t.Name(), field.Name) } spec.short = key[1:] case key == "required": spec.required = true case key == "positional": spec.positional = true case key == "help": spec.help = value default: return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecognized tag '%s' on field %s", key, tag) } } } specs = append(specs, &spec) } } return &Parser{spec: specs}, nil } // Parse processes the given command line option, storing the results in the field // of the structs from which NewParser was constructed func (p *Parser) Parse(args []string) error { // If -h or --help were specified then print usage for _, arg := range args { if arg == "-h" || arg == "--help" { return ErrHelp } if arg == "--" { break } } // Process all command line arguments err := process(p.spec, args) if err != nil { return err } // Validate return validate(p.spec) } // process goes through arguments one-by-one, parses them, and assigns the result to // the underlying struct field func process(specs []*spec, args []string) error { // construct a map from --option to spec optionMap := make(map[string]*spec) for _, spec := range specs { if spec.positional { continue } if spec.long != "" { optionMap[spec.long] = spec } if spec.short != "" { optionMap[spec.short] = spec } } // process each string from the command line var allpositional bool var positionals []string // must use explicit for loop, not range, because we manipulate i inside the loop for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ { arg := args[i] if arg == "--" { allpositional = true continue } if !strings.HasPrefix(arg, "-") || allpositional { positionals = append(positionals, arg) continue } // check for an equals sign, as in "--foo=bar" var value string opt := strings.TrimLeft(arg, "-") if pos := strings.Index(opt, "="); pos != -1 { value = opt[pos+1:] opt = opt[:pos] } // lookup the spec for this option spec, ok := optionMap[opt] if !ok { return fmt.Errorf("unknown argument %s", arg) } spec.wasPresent = true // deal with the case of multiple values if spec.multiple { var values []string if value == "" { for i+1 < len(args) && !strings.HasPrefix(args[i+1], "-") { values = append(values, args[i+1]) i++ } } else { values = append(values, value) } err := setSlice(spec.dest, values) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error processing %s: %v", arg, err) } continue } // if it's a flag and it has no value then set the value to true if spec.dest.Kind() == reflect.Bool && value == "" { value = "true" } // if we have something like "--foo" then the value is the next argument if value == "" { if i+1 == len(args) || strings.HasPrefix(args[i+1], "-") { return fmt.Errorf("missing value for %s", arg) } value = args[i+1] i++ } err := setScalar(spec.dest, value) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error processing %s: %v", arg, err) } } // process positionals for _, spec := range specs { if spec.positional { if spec.multiple { err := setSlice(spec.dest, positionals) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error processing %s: %v", spec.long, err) } positionals = nil } else if len(positionals) > 0 { err := setScalar(spec.dest, positionals[0]) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("error processing %s: %v", spec.long, err) } positionals = positionals[1:] } else if spec.required { return fmt.Errorf("%s is required", spec.long) } } } if len(positionals) > 0 { return fmt.Errorf("too many positional arguments at '%s'", positionals[0]) } return nil } // validate an argument spec after arguments have been parse func validate(spec []*spec) error { for _, arg := range spec { if !arg.positional && arg.required && !arg.wasPresent { return fmt.Errorf("--%s is required", arg.long) } } return nil } // parse a value as the apropriate type and store it in the struct func setSlice(dest reflect.Value, values []string) error { if !dest.CanSet() { return fmt.Errorf("field is not writable") } var ptr bool elem := dest.Type().Elem() if elem.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { ptr = true elem = elem.Elem() } for _, s := range values { v := reflect.New(elem) if err := setScalar(v.Elem(), s); err != nil { return err } if ptr { v = v.Addr() } dest.Set(reflect.Append(dest, v.Elem())) } return nil } // set a value from a string func setScalar(v reflect.Value, s string) error { if !v.CanSet() { return fmt.Errorf("field is not exported") } switch v.Kind() { case reflect.String: v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(s)) case reflect.Bool: x, err := strconv.ParseBool(s) if err != nil { return err } v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(x)) case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64: x, err := strconv.ParseInt(s, 10, v.Type().Bits()) if err != nil { return err } v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(x).Convert(v.Type())) case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64: x, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 10, v.Type().Bits()) if err != nil { return err } v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(x).Convert(v.Type())) case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64: x, err := strconv.ParseFloat(s, v.Type().Bits()) if err != nil { return err } v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(x).Convert(v.Type())) default: return fmt.Errorf("not a scalar type: %s", v.Kind()) } return nil }