General / custom option like -o customkey=customvalue in typer?

[tddschn]

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Example Code

I want my app to do this:

$ my-app -o a=1 -o b=2 -o passwordlogin=false

Description

I'm using my typer app to pass a json body to an API, the body should be formatted like this:

{
  "module1": true
  "module2": false
}

where the module names are supplied by the user.

How do I do this in typer?

Operating System

macOS

Operating System Details

No response

Typer Version

0.4.1

Python Version

Python 3.10.4

Additional Context

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[Andrew-Sheridan]

• accept strings with a known pattern eg key<DELIM>value
• split the strings on <DELIM> into tuples
• do stuff with your list of tuples