["python","argparse"]
Argparse: Required argument 'y' if 'x' is present

I have a requirement as follows: ./xyifier --prox --lport lport --rport rport for the argument prox , I use action='store_true' to check if it is present or not. I do not require any of the arguments. But, if --prox is set I require rport and lport as well. Is there an easy way of doing this with argparse without writing custom conditional coding. More Code: non_int.add_argument('--prox', action='store_true', help='Flag to turn on proxy') non_int.add_argument('--lport', type=int, help='Listen Port.') non_int.add_argument('--rport', type=int, help='Proxy port.')
No, there isn't any option in argparse to make mutually inclusive sets of options. The simplest way to deal with this would be: if args.prox and (args.lport is None or args.rport is None): parser.error("--prox requires --lport and --rport.") Actually there's already an open PR with an enhancement proposal : https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/55797