boilerplate-python2

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Module Docstring
"""

__author__ = "Your Name"
__version__ = "0.1.0"

import argparse
import logging

LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def main(args):
    """ Main entry point of the app """
    print("hello world")
    LOG.info('test %s', args)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    """ This is executed when run from the command line """
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

    # Required positional argument
    parser.add_argument("arg", help="Required positional argument")

    # Optional argument flag which defaults to False
    parser.add_argument("-f", "--flag", action="store_true", default=False)

    # Optional argument which requires a parameter (eg. -d test)
    parser.add_argument("-n", "--name", action="store", dest="name")

    parser.add_argument(
        "-v",
        "--verbose",
        action="count",
        default=0,
        help="Verbosity (-v, -vv)")
    parser.add_argument(
        "--version",
        action="version",
        version="%(prog)s (version {version})".format(version=__version__))

    args = parser.parse_args()

    # Set up clean logging to stderr
    log_levels = [logging.ERROR, logging.INFO, logging.DEBUG]
    args.verbose = min(args.verbose, len(log_levels) - 1)
    args.verbose = max(args.verbose, 0)
    logging.basicConfig(level=log_levels[args.verbose],
                        format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s')

    main(args)