Python argparse accept variable argument (even flags)

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I have the following

p = ThrowingArgumentParser()
p.add_argument('action', type=str, choices=actions)
p.add_argument('args', nargs='*')

This is part of a multi level application. In level one, the command I care about is of the format command other-things-that-will-be-parsed-by-the-sub-module (for example get user john). So I'd except to get action = "get" and args = ["user", "john"].

So far so good. However, if I include a flag, all hell breaks loose (get user john --detailed). This will return a None. But I want to get the same as before: action = "get" and args = ["user", "john", "--detailed"].

Why is this failing?

Pradeep Singh · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-26 09:32:07Z

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I think you can use nargs=argparse.REMAINDER. Please see https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#nargs.

answered Jan 26, 2017 at 9:32

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