def make_client():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="Interactive client shell for malcolm")
parser.add_argument('server',
help="Server string for connection to malcolm "
"directory server like 172.23.243.13:5600")
parser.add_argument('--log', default="INFO",
help="Lowest level of logs to see. One of: "
"ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG. "
"Default is INFO")
args = parser.parse_args()
# assuming loglevel is bound to the string value obtained from the
# command line argument. Convert to upper case to allow the user to
# specify --log=DEBUG or --log=debug
numeric_level = getattr(logging, args.log.upper(), None)
if not isinstance(numeric_level, int):
raise ValueError('Invalid log level: %s' % args.log)
logging.basicConfig(level=numeric_level)
ds_string = "zmq://tcp://{}".format(args.server)
client = Process([], "iMalcolmClient", ds_string=ds_string)
client.DeviceClient = IDeviceClient
return client
