Python Absl Pass Flag Argument by Code

Aug 12, 2020
from absl import appfrom absl import flagsFLAGS = flags.FLAGSflags.DEFINE_string('name', 'Desmond Lua', 'Your name.')def main(argv=None):  print('Happy Birthday', FLAGS.name)

Pass flag via cli

if __name__ == '__main__':  app.run(main)
python main.py --name Jack

Pass via app.run argv

app.run(main, argv=['main.py', '--name', 'Jack'])

Pass via FLAGS

FLAGS(['main.py', '--name', 'jack'])main()

NOTE: Convert string to argv via

import shlexargv = shlex.split('main.py --name Jack')FLAGS(argv)main()

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