Click and Python: Build Extensible and Composable CLI Apps
You can use the Click library to quickly provide your Python automation and tooling scripts with an extensible, composable, and user-friendly command-line interface (CLI). Whether you’re a developer, data scientist, DevOps engineer, or someone who often uses Python to automate repetitive tasks, you’ll very much appreciate Click and its unique features.
In the Python ecosystem, you’ll find multiple libraries for creating CLIs, including argparse from the standard library, Typer, and a few others. However, Click offers a robust, mature, intuitive, and feature-rich solution.
To get the most out of this tutorial, you should have a good understanding of Python programming, including topics such as using decorators. It’ll also be helpful if you’re familiar with using your current operating