package cli import ( "fmt" "io" "io/ioutil" "os" "time" ) // App is the main structure of a cli application. It is recomended that // an app be created with the cli.NewApp() function type App struct { // The name of the program. Defaults to os.Args[0] Name string // Full name of command for help, defaults to Name HelpName string // Description of the program. Usage string // Description of the program argument format. ArgsUsage string // Version of the program Version string // List of commands to execute Commands []Command // List of flags to parse Flags []Flag // Boolean to enable bash completion commands EnableBashCompletion bool // Boolean to hide built-in help command HideHelp bool // Boolean to hide built-in version flag HideVersion bool // An action to execute when the bash-completion flag is set BashComplete func(context *Context) // An action to execute before any subcommands are run, but after the context is ready // If a non-nil error is returned, no subcommands are run Before func(context *Context) error // An action to execute after any subcommands are run, but after the subcommand has finished // It is run even if Action() panics After func(context *Context) error // The action to execute when no subcommands are specified Action func(context *Context) // Execute this function if the proper command cannot be found CommandNotFound func(context *Context, command string) // Compilation date Compiled time.Time // List of all authors who contributed Authors []Author // Copyright of the binary if any Copyright string // Name of Author (Note: Use App.Authors, this is deprecated) Author string // Email of Author (Note: Use App.Authors, this is deprecated) Email string // Writer writer to write output to Writer io.Writer } // Tries to find out when this binary was compiled. // Returns the current time if it fails to find it. func compileTime() time.Time { info, err := os.Stat(os.Args[0]) if err != nil { return time.Now() } return info.ModTime() } // Creates a new cli Application with some reasonable defaults for Name, Usage, Version and Action. func NewApp() *App { return &App{ Name: os.Args[0], HelpName: os.Args[0], Usage: "A new cli application", Version: "0.0.0", BashComplete: DefaultAppComplete, Action: helpCommand.Action, Compiled: compileTime(), Writer: os.Stdout, } } // Entry point to the cli app. Parses the arguments slice and routes to the proper flag/args combination func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) (err error) { if a.Author != "" || a.Email != "" { a.Authors = append(a.Authors, Author{Name: a.Author, Email: a.Email}) } newCmds := []Command{} for _, c := range a.Commands { if c.HelpName == "" { c.HelpName = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", a.HelpName, c.Name) } newCmds = append(newCmds, c) } a.Commands = newCmds // append help to commands if a.Command(helpCommand.Name) == nil && !a.HideHelp { a.Commands = append(a.Commands, helpCommand) if (HelpFlag != BoolFlag{}) { a.appendFlag(HelpFlag) } } //append version/help flags if a.EnableBashCompletion { a.appendFlag(BashCompletionFlag) } if !a.HideVersion { a.appendFlag(VersionFlag) } // parse flags set := flagSet(a.Name, a.Flags) set.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard) err = set.Parse(arguments[1:]) nerr := normalizeFlags(a.Flags, set) if nerr != nil { fmt.Fprintln(a.Writer, nerr) context := NewContext(a, set, nil) ShowAppHelp(context) return nerr } context := NewContext(a, set, nil) if err != nil { fmt.Fprintln(a.Writer, "Incorrect Usage.") fmt.Fprintln(a.Writer) ShowAppHelp(context) return err } if checkCompletions(context) { return nil } if checkHelp(context) { return nil } if checkVersion(context) { return nil } if a.After != nil { defer func() { afterErr := a.After(context) if afterErr != nil { if err != nil { err = NewMultiError(err, afterErr) } else { err = afterErr } } }() } if a.Before != nil { err := a.Before(context) if err != nil { return err } } args := context.Args() if args.Present() { name := args.First() c := a.Command(name) if c != nil { return c.Run(context) } } // Run default Action a.Action(context) return nil } // Another entry point to the cli app, takes care of passing arguments and error handling func (a *App) RunAndExitOnError() { if err := a.Run(os.Args); err != nil { fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err) os.Exit(1) } } // Invokes the subcommand given the context, parses ctx.Args() to generate command-specific flags func (a *App) RunAsSubcommand(ctx *Context) (err error) { // append help to commands if len(a.Commands) > 0 { if a.Command(helpCommand.Name) == nil && !a.HideHelp { a.Commands = append(a.Commands, helpCommand) if (HelpFlag != BoolFlag{}) { a.appendFlag(HelpFlag) } } } newCmds := []Command{} for _, c := range a.Commands { if c.HelpName == "" { c.HelpName = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", a.HelpName, c.Name) } newCmds = append(newCmds, c) } a.Commands = newCmds // append flags if a.EnableBashCompletion { a.appendFlag(BashCompletionFlag) } // parse flags set := flagSet(a.Name, a.Flags) set.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard) err = set.Parse(ctx.Args().Tail()) nerr := normalizeFlags(a.Flags, set) context := NewContext(a, set, ctx) if nerr != nil { fmt.Fprintln(a.Writer, nerr) fmt.Fprintln(a.Writer) if len(a.Commands) > 0 { ShowSubcommandHelp(context) } else { ShowCommandHelp(ctx, context.Args().First()) } return nerr } if err != nil { fmt.Fprintln(a.Writer, "Incorrect Usage.") fmt.Fprintln(a.Writer) ShowSubcommandHelp(context) return err } if checkCompletions(context) { return nil } if len(a.Commands) > 0 { if checkSubcommandHelp(context) { return nil } } else { if checkCommandHelp(ctx, context.Args().First()) { return nil } } if a.After != nil { defer func() { afterErr := a.After(context) if afterErr != nil { if err != nil { err = NewMultiError(err, afterErr) } else { err = afterErr } } }() } if a.Before != nil { err := a.Before(context) if err != nil { return err } } args := context.Args() if args.Present() { name := args.First() c := a.Command(name) if c != nil { return c.Run(context) } } // Run default Action a.Action(context) return nil } // Returns the named command on App. Returns nil if the command does not exist func (a *App) Command(name string) *Command { for _, c := range a.Commands { if c.HasName(name) { return &c } } return nil } func (a *App) hasFlag(flag Flag) bool { for _, f := range a.Flags { if flag == f { return true } } return false } func (a *App) appendFlag(flag Flag) { if !a.hasFlag(flag) { a.Flags = append(a.Flags, flag) } } // Author represents someone who has contributed to a cli project. type Author struct { Name string // The Authors name Email string // The Authors email } // String makes Author comply to the Stringer interface, to allow an easy print in the templating process func (a Author) String() string { e := "" if a.Email != "" { e = "<" + a.Email + "> " } return fmt.Sprintf("%v %v", a.Name, e) }