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Midgard 2021-09-26 16:43:30 +02:00
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@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ ENVVAR_ACCESSTOKEN = "MM_ACCESSTOKEN"
def main():
prog_name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
description = "Interact with Mattermost on the CLI"
description = "Interact with Mattermost on the CLI and in scripts"
epilog = f"""
For further help, use `{prog_name} <action> -h`.
@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ Where a "URL name" is required, "id:" plus an ID can also be used instead. So th
town-square
id:123abc456def789ghi012jkl34
Hint: JSON output can be filtered on the command line with jq(1).
Hint: JSON output can be filtered with jq(1).
""".strip()
argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ Hint: JSON output can be filtered on the command line with jq(1).
)
argparser.add_argument("-i", "--ids", help="use IDs instead of names", action="store_true")
argparser.add_argument(
"--format", help="output format; only json has all fields; default: json", choices=FORMATTERS, default="json")
"--format", help="output format; only json has all fields; default: %(default)s", choices=FORMATTERS, default="json")
argparser.add_argument(
"--server",
@ -432,9 +432,14 @@ Hint: JSON output can be filtered on the command line with jq(1).
subparsers = argparser.add_subparsers(title="actions", dest="action", required=True)
parser_login = subparsers.add_parser("login", help="retrieve an access token")
parser_login.add_argument("login_id", help="username or email", default=os.getenv(ENVVAR_USERNAME))
parser_login.add_argument("--password", default=os.getenv(ENVVAR_PASSWORD))
parser_login.add_argument("--totp", default=os.getenv(ENVVAR_TOTP))
parser_login.add_argument(
"login_id",
help=f"username or email; envvar: {ENVVAR_USERNAME}",
default=os.getenv(ENVVAR_USERNAME))
parser_login.add_argument(
"--password", help=f"envvar: {ENVVAR_PASSWORD}", default=os.getenv(ENVVAR_PASSWORD))
parser_login.add_argument(
"--totp", help=f"envvar: {ENVVAR_TOTP}", default=os.getenv(ENVVAR_TOTP))
# TODO support multiple channels
# parser_cat = subparsers.add_parser("cat", help="list messages in channel(s)")
@ -451,7 +456,13 @@ Hint: JSON output can be filtered on the command line with jq(1).
parser_ls.add_argument("team", help="URL name of team")
parser_ls.add_argument("-f", "--follow", action="store_true", help="keep running, printing changes to channels as they come in")
parser_send = subparsers.add_parser("send", help="send message(s)")
send_json_format = """
The input format accepted on stdin is one JSON object per line. The possible fields are 'message',
'channel' (URL names of team and channel: '<team>/<channel>'), 'channel_id'
""".strip()
parser_send = subparsers.add_parser(
"send", help="send message(s)",
epilog=send_json_format)
parser_send.add_argument(
"--channel", help="URL names of team and channel: '<team>/<channel>'; if not provided, "
"messages must be provided on stdin and each must specify channel")