start a basic web server
# cd into the directory containing the code
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
Use argparse
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='get arguments')
parser.add_argument('--platform', '-p',
nargs="*",
help='Platform to apply')
parser.add_argument('--ldif', '-l',
required=True,
help='LDIF to apply')
parser.add_argument('--env', '-e',
nargs="*",
help='List of environments to apply change to')
args = parser.parse_args()
print(args)
print(args.env)
Pretty Print
import pprint
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(compact=False,indent=4)
pp.pprint(hosts)