NAME

Getopt::Kingpin - command line options parser (like golang kingpin)

SYNOPSIS

use Getopt::Kingpin;
my $kingpin = Getopt::Kingpin->new;
$kingpin->flags->get("help")->short('h');
my $verbose = $kingpin->flag('verbose', 'Verbose mode.')->short('v')->bool;
my $name    = $kingpin->arg('name', 'Name of user.')->required->string;

$kingpin->parse;

# perl sample.pl hello
printf "name : %s\n", $name;

Automatically generate --help option.

usage: script.pl [<flags>] <name>

Flags:
  -h, --help     Show context-sensitive help.
  -v, --verbose  Verbose mode.

Args:
  <name>  Name of user.

Support sub-command.

use Getopt::Kingpin;
my $kingpin = Getopt::Kingpin->new;

my $register      = $kingpin->command('register', 'Register a new user.');
my $register_nick = $register->arg('nick', 'Nickname for user.')->required->string;
my $register_name = $register->arg('name', 'Name for user.')->required->string;

my $post       = $kingpin->command('post', 'Post a message to a channel.');
my $post_image   = $post->flag('image', 'Image to post.')->file;
my $post_channel = $post->arg('channel', 'Channel to post to.')->required->string;
my $post_text    = $post->arg('text', 'Text to post.')->string_list;

my $cmd = $kingpin->parse;

if ($cmd eq 'register') {
    printf "register %s %s\n", $register_nick, $register_name;
} elsif ($cmd eq 'post') {
    printf "post %s %s %s\n", $post_image, $post_channel, @{$post_text->value};
} else {
    $kingpin->help;
}

Help is below.

usage: script.pl [<flags>] <command> [<args> ...]

Flags:
  --help  Show context-sensitive help.

Commands:
  help [<command>...]
    Show help.

  register [<nick>] [<name>]
    Register a new user.

  post [<flags>] [<channel>] [<text>]
    Post a message to a channel.

DESCRIPTION

Getopt::Kingpin is a command line parser. It supports flags and positional arguments.

• Simple to use

• Automatically generate help flag (--help).

This module is inspired by Kingpin written in golang. https://github.com/alecthomas/kingpin

METHOD

new()

Create a parser object. Default script-name is basename($0).

my $kingpin = Getopt::Kingpin->new;
my $kingpin = Getopt::Kingpin->new("script-name.pl", "description of script");
my $kingpin = Getopt::Kingpin->new(
    name        => "script-name.pl",
    description => "description of script",
);

# Use hash ref to set description only.
my $kingpin = Getopt::Kingpin->new({
    description => "description of script",
});

flag($name, $description)

Add and return Getopt::Kingpin::Flag object.

# Define --debug option
my $debug = $kingpin->flag("debug", "Enable debug mode.");

# Set $debug to boolean value
$debug->bool;

# shorthand
my $debug = $kingpin->flag("debug", "Enable debug mode.")->bool;

Getopt::Kingpin::Flag object has methods below.

value()

Get flag value.

my $name = $kingpin->flag("name", "Set name.")->string;

# perl script.pl --name 'kingpin'
printf "%s\n", $name->value;  # -> kingpin

# simple way
printf "%s\n", $name;  # -> kingpin

short()

Set short flag.

# Define --debug and -d
my $debug = $kingpin->flag("debug", "Enable debug mode.")->short('-d')->bool;

default()

The default value can be overridden with the default($value).

# Set default value to true (1)
my $debug = $kingpin->flag("debug", "Enable debug mode.")->default(1)->bool;

override_default_from_envar()

The default value can be overridden with the override_default_from_envar($envar).

# Set default value to environment value of __DEBUG__
# export $__DEBUG__=1 to enable debug mode
my $debug = $kingpin->flag("debug", "Enable debug mode.")->override_default_from_envar("__DEBUG__")->bool;

required()

Set required.

my $debug = $kingpin->flag("debug", "Enable debug mode.")->required->bool;

placeholder()

Set placeholder value for flag in the help. Here are some examples of flags with various permutations.

--name=NAME        # flag("name")->string
--name="Harry"     # flag("name")->default("Harry")->string
--name=FULL-NAME   # flag("name")->placeholder("FULL-NAME")->string

hidden()

If set hidden(), flag does not appear in the help.

types

bool()

Boolean value. (0 or 1) Boolean flag has a negative complement: --<name> and --no-<name>.

# --debug or --no-debug
my $debug = $kingpin->flag("debug")->bool;

existing_dir()

Path::Tiny object.

existing_file()

Path::Tiny object.

existing_file_or_dir()

Path::Tiny object.

file()

Path::Tiny object.

int()

Integer value.

string()

String value. It is default type to flag.

arg($name, $description)

Add and return Getopt::Kingpin::Arg object.

my $name = $kingpin->arg("name", "Set name")->string;

Getopt::Kingpin::Arg object has methods below. Below are same as Flag's.

value()

Get value.

default()

Set default value.

override_default_from_envar()

Set default value by environment variable.

required()

Set required.

command()

Add sub-command.

my $post    = $kingpin->command("post", "post image");

parse()

Parse @arguments. If @arguments is empty, parse @ARGV.

# parse @ARGV
$kingpin->parse;

# parse @arguments
$kingpin->parse(@arguments);

If define sub-command, parse() return Getopt::Kingpin::Command object;

my $kingpin = Getopt::Kingpin->new();
my $post    = $kingpin->command("post", "post image");
my $server  = $post->arg("server", "")->string();
my $image   = $post->arg("image", "")->file();

my $cmd = $kingpin->parse;
printf "cmd : %s\n", $cmd;
printf "cmd : %s\n", $cmd->name;

_parse()

Parse @_. Internal use only.

version($version)

Set application version to $version.

help_short()

Internal use only.

help()

Print help.

SEE ALSO

• Getopt::Long

• Getopt::Long::Descriptive

• Smart::Options

• MooseX::Getopt::Usage

LICENSE

Copyright (C) sago35.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR

sago35 <sago35@gmail.com>

cpanm Getopt::Kingpin

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Getopt::Kingpin