How do I check for a particular subparser?

Question

How do I check for a particular subparser?

import argparse
if __name__ == "__main__":
    mainparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    submainadder = mainparser.add_subparsers(title='subcommands')
    parser_ut = submainadder.add_parser('unittest')
    stuff = mainparser.parse_args()
    # if 'unittest' was selected:
    #     do_things()

Earnestineearnings

Maybe you find useful this link #17074188 – Lammond

Have you tried giving add_subparsers a dest='cmdname' parameter? – Velda

Answer 1

Maybe something like this ?

import argparse

def do_things(args):
    print args
    # Do your stuff

mainparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
submainadder = mainparser.add_subparsers(title='subcommands')
parser_ut = submainadder.add_parser('unittest')
parser_ut.set_defaults(func=do_things)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    stuff = mainparser.parse_args()
    stuff.func(stuff)

More explanations can be found here:

python argparse - add action to subparser with no arguments?

Doldrums

dest='subcommand' you may also add the dest keyword to add_subparser and highlight its existence and particular usefulness here – Earnestineearnings