How can I split my Click commands, each with a set of sub-commands, into multiple files?

Question

I have one large click application that I've developed, but navigating through the different commands/subcommands is getting rough. How do I organize my commands into separate files? Is it possible to organize commands and their subcommands into separate classes?

Here's an example of how I would like to separate it:

init

import click

@click.group()
@click.version_option()
def cli():
    pass #Entry Point

command_cloudflare.py

@cli.group()
@click.pass_context
def cloudflare(ctx):
    pass

@cloudflare.group('zone')
def cloudflare_zone():
    pass

@cloudflare_zone.command('add')
@click.option('--jumpstart', '-j', default=True)
@click.option('--organization', '-o', default='')
@click.argument('url')
@click.pass_obj
@__cf_error_handler
def cloudflare_zone_add(ctx, url, jumpstart, organization):
    pass

@cloudflare.group('record')
def cloudflare_record():
    pass

@cloudflare_record.command('add')
@click.option('--ttl', '-t')
@click.argument('domain')
@click.argument('name')
@click.argument('type')
@click.argument('content')
@click.pass_obj
@__cf_error_handler
def cloudflare_record_add(ctx, domain, name, type, content, ttl):
    pass

@cloudflare_record.command('edit')
@click.option('--ttl', '-t')
@click.argument('domain')
@click.argument('name')
@click.argument('type')
@click.argument('content')
@click.pass_obj
@__cf_error_handler
def cloudflare_record_edit(ctx, domain):
    pass

command_uptimerobot.py

@cli.group()
@click.pass_context
def uptimerobot(ctx):
    pass

@uptimerobot.command('add')
@click.option('--alert', '-a', default=True)
@click.argument('name')
@click.argument('url')
@click.pass_obj
def uptimerobot_add(ctx, name, url, alert):
    pass

@uptimerobot.command('delete')
@click.argument('names', nargs=-1, required=True)
@click.pass_obj
def uptimerobot_delete(ctx, names):
    pass

Answer 1

The downside of using CommandCollection for this is that it merges your commands and works only with command groups. The imho better alternative is to use add_command to achieve the same result.

I have a project with the following tree:

cli/
├── __init__.py
├── cli.py
├── group1
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── commands.py
└── group2
    ├── __init__.py
    └── commands.py

Each subcommand has its own module, what makes it incredibly easy to manage even complex implementations with many more helper classes and files. In each module, the commands.py file contains the @click annotations. Example group2/commands.py:

import click


@click.command()
def version():
    """Display the current version."""
    click.echo(_read_version())

If necessary, you could easily create more classes in the module, and import and use them here, thus giving your CLI the full power of Python's classes and modules.

My cli.py is the entry point for the whole CLI:

import click

from .group1 import commands as group1
from .group2 import commands as group2

@click.group()
def entry_point():
    pass

entry_point.add_command(group1.command_group)
entry_point.add_command(group2.version)

With this setup, it is very easy to separate your commands by concerns, and also build additional functionality around them that they might need. It has served me very well so far...

Reference: http://click.pocoo.org/6/quickstart/#nesting-commands