How to import the module which using argparse

Question

I got the module call foo.py, use argparse to handle variables, requires some variables, -a and a element

python foo.py -a element

This works well, now I get a list of elements, I try to use foo.py to run all of them.So I create a script like this:

import foo
for i in range(len(element)):
# how to run foo and pass -a here?

another option will be use execfile()

execfile("foo.py") #should I set the -a as some global variable here?

I follow here argparse module How to add option without any argument?, I don't quite understand how to do this.

EDIT

Follow importing a python script from another script and running it with arguments, Now I can run the script well, But any better solution than add a list to sys.args? Or I have to add the element first, after the main() finish, than delete it from sys.args and over and over again.

Is this not what you want? p.add_argument('-f', '--foo', action='store_true') I'm confused on what you're asking. If you wan like a boolean thing then store_true is the way to go. — O.rka
– O.rka, Commented Aug 17, 2016 at 3:54
Possible duplicate of importing a python script from another script and running it with arguments — Karin
– Karin, Commented Aug 17, 2016 at 3:54
@karin - interesting link but will not work for scripts that use a if __name__ == "__main__": conditional because the imported module will have a different name. — tdelaney
– tdelaney, Commented Aug 17, 2016 at 4:03
Ideally a script intended to be used as a script and a module has some sort of main function that takes an argv-like parameter list. If so, just call that function with the parameters. — tdelaney
– tdelaney, Commented Aug 17, 2016 at 4:27

Windsooon · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-17 06:35:12Z

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Thanks to @Karin,This works great.

import sys
sys.argv += ['-a','-H MYHOSTNAME' .... other options]
from pyrseas import dbtoyaml
dbtoyaml.main()

And this also work.

proc = subprocess.Popen(['python', 'foo.py',  '-a', 'bala'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)

answered Aug 17, 2016 at 6:35

Windsooon

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