Boilerplate Python script

boilerplate.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3


import argparse
import sys
import json

import logging


logging.basicConfig( level=logging.ERROR,
                     format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
                     datefmt='%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S',
                     handlers={logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)})


def parseArguments():

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Arguments for script")
    parser.add_argument('files', nargs='+')
    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store', default=None, help='If specified, output verbose input')

    args = parser.parse_args()

    if args.verbose != None:
        newLevel = getattr(logging, args.verbose.upper(), None)
        if isinstance(newLevel, int):
            logging.getLogger().setLevel(newLevel)


    return args



def main():

    args = parseArguments()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()