Expose cli args parsing ? parse to data structure ?

[ieugen]

Hello,

I wanted to use the library for parsing cli args and get the data as a map instead of running it.
This can be used inside an inline bb task where the dispatch function does not work ?! (did not try).

bb.edn

fetch-config
  {:task (let [opts (cli/parse-opts *command-line-args* cli-spec)]
    ;; use opts to run a simple command
    )
)}

I am looking into using babashka.cli instead for this use case which is perfectly ok.
I created this issue to record the use case.
Even if it's not possible, it should be documented IMO.

Thanks,
Eugen

[plexus]

This isn't really an intended use case, but if you want to do this you can define all your commands as identity, e.g.

(def commands
  ["ls"       {:command identity
               :flags   ["-l, --long" "Use long format"]}
   "add <id>" identity])

(def flags
  ["--foo" "Enable foo"])

(cli/dispatch*
 {:name     "my-org.example"
  :doc      "This is my cool CLI tool. Use it well."
  :commands commands
  :flags    flags}
 ["ls" "--foo"])
;; => {:lambdaisland.cli/command ["ls"],
;;     :lambdaisland.cli/argv [],
;;     :lambdaisland.cli/sources {:foo "--foo command line flag"},
;;     :foo 1}