The designateclient.shell Module

class designateclient.shell.DesignateShell[source]

Bases: cliff.app.App

CONSOLE_MESSAGE_FORMAT = '%(levelname)s: %(message)s'
DEFAULT_VERBOSE_LEVEL = 0
build_option_parser(description, version)[source]

Return an argparse option parser for this application.

Subclasses may override this method to extend the parser with more global options.

Parameters

  • description (str) – full description of the application

  • version (str) – version number for the application

  • argparse_kwargs – extra keyword argument passed to the ArgumentParser constructor

configure_logging()[source]

Configure logging for the app

Cliff sets some defaults we don’t want so re-work it a bit

initialize_app(argv)[source]

Hook for subclasses to take global initialization action after the arguments are parsed but before a command is run. Invoked only once, even in interactive mode.

Parameters

argv – List of arguments, including the subcommand to run. Empty for interactive mode.

run(argv)[source]

Equivalent to the main program for the application.

Parameters

argv (list of str) – input arguments and options

designateclient.shell.env(*vars, **kwargs)[source]

Search for the first defined of possibly many env vars

Returns the first environment variable defined in vars, or returns the default defined in kwargs.