Generic python script skeleton

runme.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

"""
Generic python script skeleton
"""

import sys, os, argparse, logging, ConfigParser

def parse_args():
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
  parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', action='store_true')
  parser.add_argument('--integer', type=int, default=1)
  return parser.parse_args()

def init_logging(log_file, debug=True):
  if debug:
    logging.basicConfig(
      format='%(asctime)s %(funcName)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s',
      datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
      level=logging.DEBUG)
  else:
    logging.basicConfig(
      format='%(asctime)s [%(levelname)8s] %(module)s:%(funcName)s - %(message)s',
      filename=log_file,
      datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
      level=logging.INFO)

def load_config(config_file):
  Config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
  Config.read(config_file)
  return Config

def main():
  args = parse_args()
  me = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0]
  log_file = '{}.log'.format(me)
  init_logging(log_file, args.debug)
  config_file = 'config.ini'
  logging.debug('Reading config {}'.format(config_file))
  cfg = load_config(config_file)
  value = cfg.get('general', 'key')
  logging.info('Ohai {0}! Config for general/key is {1:s}'.format(me, value))
  logging.debug('Done')
  sys.exit(0)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()