Python boilerplate with logging and argparse

boilerplate.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

""" TODO: Update package docstring
"""

import logging
import argparse

def str2bool(val):
    """ string to boolean conversion for argparse
    """
    if isinstance(val, bool):
        return val
    if val.lower() in ('yes', 'true', 't', 'y', '1'):
        return True
    if val.lower() in ('no', 'false', 'f', 'n', '0'):
        return False
    raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError('Boolean value expected.')

def handle_arguments():
    """ Handle arguments
    """

    # read arguments
    arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        "TODO: Describe purpose of program"
    )
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--sample',
        type=str,
        help='TODO: named argument'
    )
    arg_parser.add_argument(
        '--local',
        type=str2bool,
        nargs='?',
        const=True,
        default=False,
        help="TODO: optional boolean flag argument"
    )
    args = arg_parser.parse_args()
    return args

def main():
    """  TODO:  describe program
    """
    args = handle_arguments()

    logging.basicConfig(
        level=logging.INFO,
        format='%(levelname)s [%(asctime)s]: %(message)s',
        datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
    )
    
    logging.info("Program started with arguments: %s", vars(args))
    #breakpoint()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()