CLI Wrapper around python-phonenumbers library

ph.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""Minimal CLI wrapper around phonenumbers library so that PHP can use it

Author: Kishore Kumar <justjkk@gmail.com>

Usage: python ph.py <command> <args>

Commands:
    help  - Print this
    parse - Parse a phonenumber and returns number type and E164 formatted
            phone number. Arguments: number(required), country(optional)
"""

from __future__ import print_function
import sys
from phonenumbers import parse as parse_number, format_number, number_type, \
        is_valid_number, PhoneNumberFormat


def parse_command(number, country='IN'):
    """Parse Command

    :param number - User inputted phonenumber that needs to be parsed
    :param country - Default country. If is not provided or is empty,
                     'IN' is assumed

    :raises ValueError if phone number cannot be parsed

    :returns integer representing number type and E164 formatted phone number

    Number Types:
    0  - Landline
    1  - Mobile
    2  - Mobile or Landline
    99 - Unknown (Note: Returned number is not E164 formatted in this case)

    >>> parse_command('9876543210')
    1 +919876543210

    >>> parse_command('04425368416')
    0 +914425368416

    >>> parse_command('78036849474')
    99 78036849474

    >>> parse_command('alpha')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
    NumberParseException: (1) The string supplied did not seem to be a phone \
number.

    >>> parse_command('020 8366 1177', 'GB')
    0 +442083661177

    >>> parse_command('9876543210', '')
    1 +919876543210

    """
    p = parse_number(number, country or 'IN')
    if is_valid_number(p):
        print(number_type(p), format_number(p, PhoneNumberFormat.E164))
    else:
        print(number_type(p), p.national_number)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        command = sys.argv[1]
        if command == 'parse':
            if 2 < len(sys.argv) < 5:
                parse_command(*sys.argv[2:])
            else:
                print('Incorrect number of arguments.\n'
                      'Type: %s help' % sys.argv[0])
                sys.exit(1)
        elif command == 'help':
            print(__doc__)
            sys.exit(0)
        else:
            print('Command not recognized.\n'
                  'Type: %s help' % sys.argv[0])
            sys.exit(1)
    else:
        print(__doc__)
        sys.exit(1)

test.php

<?php

$num = '98505 55424';

exec("./ph.py parse \"$num\" NP", $output);

$data = explode(' ', $output[0]);

echo "Number type: $data[0]\n";
echo "Number: $data[1]\n";

Holy moly. I was just writing this exact script but did a quick google search to see if someone had already done it...boom! Beat me to it. Thx!