argparse-slim

Slim interface for argparse package

Usage

``js
const argparseSlim = require('argparse-slim');

let parser = argparseSlim.from(/ OPTIONS /,
[
[ / addArgument params / ],
[ / addArgument params / ],
[ / addArgument params / ]
]);

let parser = await argparseSlim.from('./options.json');

argparseSlim.from('./options.json', (argparser) =>
{
parser = argparser;
});

var parser = argparseSlim.from.sync('./options.json');

//options.json content:
/*
{
"options": OPTIONS,
"args":
[
[ addArgument params ],
[ addArgument params ],
[ addArgument params ]
]
}
*/
`

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See argparse docu:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/argparse#argumentparser-objects

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See argparse docu:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/argparse#addargument-method

Examples

`js
const argparseSlim = require('argparse-slim');

let parser = argparseSlim.from(
{
version: '1.0.0',
addHelp: true,
description: 'Slim interface for argparse'
},
[
[
['-f', '--foo'],
{
help: 'Foo'
}
],
[
['-b', '--bar'],
{
help: 'Bar'
}
]
]
);

let parser = await argparseSlim.from('./options.json');

let parser = argparseSlim.from.sync('./options.json');


var parsed = parser.parseArgs();

/* options.json
{
"options":
{
"version": "1.0.0",
"addHelp": true,
"description": "Slim interface for argparse"
},
"args":
[
[
["-f", "--foo"],
{
"help": "Foo"
}
],
[
["-b", "--bar"],
{
"help": "Bar"
}
]
]
}

var parsed = parser.parseArgs();

`

API

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#### arguments

- options (object)
- args (array)

#### returns

- ArgumentParser (object)

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#### arguments

- optionsFile (string)
- options (object)
options for fs.readFile
- callback (function)

#### returns

- Promise (object)
Only if no callback is given

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#### arguments

- optionsFile (string)
- options (object)
options for fs.readFile

#### returns

- ArgumentParser (object)`