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navigate.tools.main_functions.evaluate_parser_input_arguments

navigate.tools.main_functions.evaluate_parser_input_arguments(args)

If non-default configuration, experiment, or ETL constant file is provided as an input argument.

Accepts a ArgumentParser object Retrieves the default configuration/experiment/etc paths. Adds non-default parser arguments to the ArgumentParser object Parses the object, and returns the desired configuration/experiment/etc paths.

Parameters:

args (argparse.Namespace) – Dictionary of parser input arguments

Returns:

  • configuration_path (str) – Path to configuration file.

  • experiment_path (str) – Path to experiment file

  • waveform_constants_path (str) – Path to remote focusing and galvo waveform constants file

  • rest_api_path (str) – Path to REST API file

  • waveform_templates_path (str) – Path to waveform templates file

  • logging_path (str) – Path to non-default logging location

  • configurator (bool) – True if configurator is enabled

  • gui_configuration_path – Path to gui_configuration file

  • multi_positions_path – Path to multi_positions file

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