Create multi-command terminal application with parameter requirements that are self-documenting and easy to unit test.
CLI interaction:
$ twitter tweet --message "Sending a test Tweet from the terminal."
Sent! View online: https://twitter.com/g105b/status/1038509073346510849
$ twitter dm --to @g105b --message "Hello, Greg!"
Sent!
$ twitter help
Twitter example application
Available commands:
• tweet Send a Tweet to your timeline.
• view View your timeline
• follow Follow an account
• dm Send a direct message.
• login Authenticate your username.
• help Show this help screen.
twitter.php:
$app = new Application(
"Twitter example application",
new CliArgumentList(...$argv),
new TweetCommand(),
new ViewCommand(),
new FollowCommand(),
new DmCommand(),
new LoginCommand()
);
$app->run();
Command/tweet.php
class TweetCommand extends Command {
public function __construct() {
$this->setName("tweet");
$this->setDescription("Send a Tweet to your timeline.");
$this->setRequiredParameter(true, "message", "m");
$this->setOptionalParameter(true, "location", "l");
}
public function run(ArgumentValueList $arguments):void {
if(!TwitterApi::isLoggedIn()) {
$this->writeLine("You must login first.", Stream::ERROR);
}
try {
$uri = TwitterApi::sendTweet($arguments->get("message"));
$this->writeLine("Sent! View online: $uri");
}
catch(TwitterApiException $exception) {
$this->writeLine(
"Error sending Tweet: "
. $exception->getMessage(),
Stream::ERROR
);
}
}
}