add cli for starting bot after program opens (#323)

src/pyclashbot/__main__.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     check_user_settings,
     read_user_settings,
 )
+from pyclashbot.utils.cli_config import arg_parser
 from pyclashbot.utils.logger import Logger, initalize_pylogging
 from pyclashbot.utils.thread import PausableThread, StoppableThread
 
@@ -246,9 +247,9 @@ def start_button_event(logger: Logger, window, values) -> WorkerThread | None:
 
     # setup the main thread and start it
 
-    args = job_dictionary
+    thread_args = job_dictionary
     # args: tuple[list[str], int] = (jobs, acc_count)
-    thread = WorkerThread(logger, args)
+    thread = WorkerThread(logger, thread_args)
     thread.start()
 
     # enable the stop button after the thread is started
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ def handle_thread_finished(
     return thread, logger
 
 
-def main_gui(settings: None | dict[str, str] = None) -> None:
+def main_gui(start_on_run=False, settings: None | dict[str, str] = None) -> None:
     """method for displaying the main gui"""
     # create gui window
     window = create_window()
@@ -355,6 +356,9 @@ def main_gui(settings: None | dict[str, str] = None) -> None:
     # run the gui
     while True:
         event, values = read_window(window, timeout=10)
+        if start_on_run:
+            event = "Start"
+            start_on_run = False
 
         # on exit event, kill any existing thread
         if event in [sg.WIN_CLOSED, "Exit"]:
@@ -419,4 +423,5 @@ def main_gui(settings: None | dict[str, str] = None) -> None:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main_gui()
+    cli_args = arg_parser()
+    main_gui(start_on_run=cli_args.start)

src/pyclashbot/utils/cli_config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"""Module to parse arguments from CLI"""
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
+
+
+def arg_parser() -> Namespace:
+    """function to parse arguments
+
+    Returns:
+        Namespace: populated namespace from arguments
+    """
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description="Run py-clash-bot from CLI")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--start",
+        "-s",
+        dest="start",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Start the bot when the program opens",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()