tseparate param_descriptions and improve help messages - electrum - Electrum Bitcoin wallet
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DIR commit 0caa29784c1eafc4011a08cc016a74a75104bbb0
DIR parent cc610d352f3a835b28d463a3928400f2986d51db
HTML Author: ThomasV <thomasv@gitorious>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:03:53 +0200
separate param_descriptions and improve help messages
Diffstat:
M electrum | 2 +-
M lib/commands.py | 98 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
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DIR diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
t@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def run_cmdline(config):
cmd = known_commands[cmdname]
# arguments passed to function
- args = map(lambda x: config.get(x), map(lambda x: x[0], cmd.params))
+ args = map(lambda x: config.get(x), cmd.params)
# options
args += map(lambda x: config.get(x), cmd.options)
DIR diff --git a/lib/commands.py b/lib/commands.py
t@@ -58,61 +58,76 @@ def register_command(*args):
# options
register_command('listcontacts', 0, 0, 0, [], [], 'Show your list of contacts', '')
register_command('create', 0, 1, 0, [], [], 'Create a new wallet', '')
-register_command('createmultisig', 0, 1, 0, [('num', 'number'), ('pubkeys', 'Public keys (json)')], [], 'Create multisig address', '')
-register_command('createrawtx', 0, 1, 0, [('inputs', 'json'), ('outputs', 'json')], [], 'Create an unsigned transaction.', 'The syntax is similar to bitcoind.')
+register_command('createmultisig', 0, 1, 0, ['num', 'pubkeys'], [], 'Create multisig address', '')
+register_command('createrawtx', 0, 1, 0, ['inputs', 'outputs'], [], 'Create an unsigned transaction', 'The syntax is similar to bitcoind.')
register_command('deseed', 0, 1, 0, [], [], 'Remove seed from wallet.', 'This creates a seedless, watching-only wallet.')
-register_command('decoderawtx', 0, 0, 0, [('tx', 'Serialized transaction')], [], 'Decode raw transaction.', '')
-register_command('getprivatekeys', 0, 1, 1, [('address', 'Bitcoin address')], [], 'Get the private keys of a wallet address.', '')
+register_command('decoderawtx', 0, 0, 0, ['tx'], [], 'Decode serialized transaction', '')
+register_command('getprivatekeys', 0, 1, 1, ['address'], [], 'Get the private keys of an address', 'Address must be in wallet.')
register_command('dumpprivkeys', 0, 1, 1, [], [], 'Dump private keys from your wallet', '')
-register_command('freeze', 0, 1, 0, [('address', 'Bitcoin address')], [], 'Freeze address.', 'Freeze the funds at one of your wallet\'s addresses')
+register_command('freeze', 0, 1, 0, ['address'], [], 'Freeze address', 'Freeze the funds at one of your wallet\'s addresses')
register_command('getbalance', 1, 1, 0, [], [], 'Return the balance of your wallet', '')
register_command('getservers', 1, 0, 0, [], [], 'Return the list of available servers', '')
-register_command('getaddressbalance', 1, 0, 0, [('address', 'Bitcoin address')], [], 'Return the balance of an address', '')
-register_command('getaddresshistory', 1, 0, 0, [('address', 'Bitcoin address')], [], 'Return the transaction history of a wallet address', '')
-register_command('getconfig', 0, 0, 0, [('key', 'Variable name')], [], 'Return a configuration variable', '')
-register_command('getpubkeys', 0, 1, 0, [('address', 'Bitcoin address')], [], 'Return the public keys for a wallet address', '')
-register_command('gettransaction', 1, 0, 0, [('txid', 'Transaction ID')], ['deserialize'], 'Retrieve a transaction', '')
+register_command('getaddressbalance', 1, 0, 0, ['address'], [], 'Return the balance of an address', '')
+register_command('getaddresshistory', 1, 0, 0, ['address'], [], 'Return the transaction history of a wallet address', '')
+register_command('getconfig', 0, 0, 0, ['key'], [], 'Return a configuration variable', '')
+register_command('getpubkeys', 0, 1, 0, ['address'], [], 'Return the public keys for a wallet address', '')
+register_command('gettransaction', 1, 0, 0, ['txid'], ['deserialize'], 'Retrieve a transaction', '')
register_command('getseed', 0, 1, 1, [], [], 'Get seed phrase', 'Print the generation seed of your wallet.')
register_command('getmpk', 0, 1, 0, [], [], 'Get Master Public Key', 'Return your wallet\'s master public key')
-register_command('help', 0, 0, 0, [], [], 'Print help on a command.', '')
+register_command('help', 0, 0, 0, [], [], 'Print help on a command', '')
register_command('history', 1, 1, 0, [], [], 'Wallet history', 'Returns the transaction history of your wallet')
-register_command('importprivkey', 0, 1, 1, [('privkey', 'Private key. Set value to \'?\' if you want to get a prompt')], [], 'Import a private key', '')
-register_command('ismine', 0, 1, 0, [('address', 'Bitcoin address')], [], 'Check if address is in wallet', 'Return true if and only if address is in wallet')
+register_command('importprivkey', 0, 1, 1, ['privkey'], [], 'Import a private key', '')
+register_command('ismine', 0, 1, 0, ['address'], [], 'Check if address is in wallet', 'Return true if and only if address is in wallet')
register_command('listaddresses', 0, 1, 0, [], ['show_all', 'show_labels', 'frozen', 'unused', 'funded', 'show_balance'],
'List wallet addresses', 'Returns your list of addresses.')
register_command('listunspent', 1, 1, 0, [], [], 'List unspent outputs', 'Returns the list of unspent transaction outputs in your wallet.')
-register_command('getaddressunspent', 1, 0, 0, [('address', 'Bitcoin address')], [], 'Returns the list of unspent inputs for an address.', '')
-register_command('mktx', 0, 1, 1, [('recipient', 'Bitcoin address'), ('amount', 'Amount in BTC')],
+register_command('getaddressunspent', 1, 0, 0, ['address'], [], 'Returns the list of unspent inputs for an address', '')
+register_command('mktx', 0, 1, 1, ['address', 'amount'],
['tx_fee', 'from_addr', 'change_addr'], 'Create signed transaction', '')
-register_command('payto', 1, 1, 1, [('recipient', 'Bitcoin address'), ('amount', 'Amount in BTC')],
+register_command('payto', 1, 1, 1, ['address', 'amount'],
['tx_fee', 'from_addr', 'change_addr'], 'Create and broadcast a transaction.', '')
-register_command('mktx_csv', 0, 1, 1, [('csv_file', 'CSV file of recipient, amount')], ['tx_fee', 'from_addr', 'change_addr'], 'Create a signed transaction', '')
-register_command('payto_csv', 1, 1, 1, [('csv_file', '')], ['tx_fee', 'from_addr', 'change_addr'], 'Create and broadcast a transaction.', '')
+register_command('mktx_csv', 0, 1, 1, ['csv_file'], ['tx_fee', 'from_addr', 'change_addr'], 'Create a signed transaction', '')
+register_command('payto_csv', 1, 1, 1, ['csv_file'], ['tx_fee', 'from_addr', 'change_addr'], 'Create and broadcast a transaction.', '')
register_command('password', 0, 1, 1, [], [], 'Change your password', '')
register_command('restore', 1, 1, 0, [], ['gap_limit', 'mpk', 'concealed'], 'Restore a wallet from seed', '')
-register_command('searchcontacts', 0, 1, 0, [('query', '')], [], 'Search through contacts, return matching entries', '')
-register_command('setconfig', 0, 0, 0, [('key', ''), ('value', '')], [], 'Set a configuration variable', '')
-register_command('setlabel', 0, 1, 0, [('txid', 'Transaction ID'), ('label', '')], [], 'Assign a label to an item', '')
-register_command('sendrawtx', 1, 0, 0, [('tx', 'Serialized transaction')], [], 'Broadcast a transaction to the network.', '')
-register_command('signtransaction', 0, 0, 0, [('tx', 'raw_tx')], ['privkey'],
+register_command('searchcontacts', 0, 1, 0, ['query'], [], 'Search through contacts, return matching entries', '')
+register_command('setconfig', 0, 0, 0, ['key', 'value'], [], 'Set a configuration variable', '')
+register_command('setlabel', 0, 1, 0, ['item', 'label'], [], 'Assign a label to an item', 'Item may be a bitcoin address or a transaction ID')
+register_command('sendrawtx', 1, 0, 0, ['tx'], [], 'Broadcast a transaction to the network', '')
+register_command('signtransaction', 0, 0, 0, ['tx'], ['privkey'],
'Sign a transaction', 'The wallet keys will be used unless a private key is provided.')
-register_command('signmessage', 0, 1, 1, [('address', 'Bitcoin address'), ('message', 'Message to sign.')], [],
- 'Sign a message with a key.', 'Use quotes if your message contains whitespaces')
-register_command('unfreeze', 0, 1, 0, [('address', 'Bitcoin address')], [], 'Unfreeze the funds at one of your wallet\'s address', '')
-register_command('validateaddress', 0, 0, 0, [('address', 'Bitcoin address')], [], 'Check that the address is valid', '')
-register_command('verifymessage', 0, 0, 0, [('address', 'Bitcoin address'), ('signature', 'Signature'), ('message', 'Message')], [], 'Verify a signature', '')
+register_command('signmessage', 0, 1, 1, ['address', 'message'], [],
+ 'Sign a message with a key', 'Use quotes if your message contains whitespaces')
+register_command('unfreeze', 0, 1, 0, ['address'], [], 'Unfreeze address', 'Unfreeze the funds at one of your wallet\'s address')
+register_command('validateaddress', 0, 0, 0, ['address'], [], 'Check that the address is valid', '')
+register_command('verifymessage', 0, 0, 0, ['address', 'signature', 'message'], [], 'Verify a signature', '')
register_command('version', 0, 0, 0, [], [], 'Return the version of your client', '')
-register_command('encrypt', 0, 0, 0, [('pubkey', 'public key'), ('message', 'Message to encrypt.')], [],
- 'Encrypt a message with a public key.', 'Use quotes if the message contains whitespaces.')
-register_command('decrypt', 0, 1, 1, [('pubkey', 'public key'), ('message', 'Encrypted message')], [], 'Decrypt a message encrypted with a public key', '')
-register_command('getmerkle', 1, 0, 0, [('txid', 'Transaction ID'), ('height', 'Block height')], [], 'Get Merkle branch of a transaction included in a block', '')
-register_command('getproof', 1, 0, 0, [('address', '')], [], 'Get Merkle branch of an address in the UTXO set', '')
-register_command('getutxoaddress', 1, 0, 0, [('txid', 'Transction ID'), ('pos', 'Position')], [], 'Get the address of an unspent transaction output', '')
-register_command('sweep', 1, 0, 0, [('privkey', 'Private key'), ('address', 'Destination address')], ['tx_fee'],
- 'Sweep private key.', 'Returns a transaction that sends all UTXOs to the destination address. The transactoin is not broadcasted.')
-register_command('make_seed', 0, 0, 0, [], ['nbits', 'entropy', 'language'], 'Create a seed.', '')
-register_command('check_seed', 0, 0, 0, [('seed', 'Seed phrase')], ['entropy', 'language'], 'Check that a seed was generated with external entropy.', '')
-
+register_command('encrypt', 0, 0, 0, ['pubkey', 'message'], [],
+ 'Encrypt a message with a public key', 'Use quotes if the message contains whitespaces.')
+register_command('decrypt', 0, 1, 1, ['pubkey', 'encrypted'], [], 'Decrypt a message encrypted with a public key', '')
+register_command('getmerkle', 1, 0, 0, ['txid', 'height'], [], 'Get Merkle branch of a transaction included in a block', '')
+register_command('getproof', 1, 0, 0, ['address'], [], 'Get Merkle branch of an address in the UTXO set', '')
+register_command('getutxoaddress', 1, 0, 0, ['txid', 'pos'], [], 'Get the address of an unspent transaction output', '')
+register_command('sweep', 1, 0, 0, ['privkey', 'address'], ['tx_fee'],
+ 'Sweep private key', 'Returns a transaction that spends UTXOs from privkey to a destination address. The transaction is not broadcasted.')
+register_command('make_seed', 0, 0, 0, [], ['nbits', 'entropy', 'language'], 'Create a seed', '')
+register_command('check_seed', 0, 0, 0, ['seed'], ['entropy', 'language'], 'Check that a seed was generated with given entropy', '')
+
+param_descriptions = {
+ 'privkey': 'Private key. Set to \'?\' will get a prompt.',
+ 'address': 'Bitcoin address',
+ 'seed': 'Seed phrase',
+ 'txid': 'Transaction ID',
+ 'pos': 'Position',
+ 'heigh': 'Block height',
+ 'tx': 'Serialized transaction (hexadecimal)',
+ 'key': 'Variable name',
+ 'pubkey': 'Public key',
+ 'message': 'Clear text message. Use quotes if it contains spaces.',
+ 'encrypted': 'Encrypted message',
+ 'amount': 'Amount in BTC',
+ 'csv_file': 'CSV file of recipient, amount',
+}
command_options = {
'password': ("-W", "--password", None, "Password"),
t@@ -203,7 +218,7 @@ def get_parser(run_gui, run_daemon, run_cmdline):
# commands
for cmdname in sorted(known_commands.keys()):
cmd = known_commands[cmdname]
- p = subparsers.add_parser(cmdname, parents=[parent_parser], help=cmd.help, description=cmd.help + ' ' + cmd.description)
+ p = subparsers.add_parser(cmdname, parents=[parent_parser], help=cmd.help, description=cmd.help + '. ' + cmd.description)
p.set_defaults(func=run_cmdline)
if cmd.requires_password:
p.add_argument("-W", "--password", dest="password", default=None, help="password")
t@@ -221,7 +236,8 @@ def get_parser(run_gui, run_daemon, run_cmdline):
else:
p.add_argument(*args, dest=optname, action=action, default=default, help=help)
- for param, h in cmd.params:
+ for param in cmd.params:
+ h = param_descriptions.get(param, '')
_type = arg_types.get(param, str)
p.add_argument(param, help=h, type=_type)
# 'gui' is the default command