Python argparse dict arg

Question

I want to receive a dict(str -> str) argument from the command line. Does argparse.ArgumentParser provide it? Or any other library?

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Answer 1

just another easy way:

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('--key1')
parser.add_argument('--key2')
args = parser.parse_args()
my_dict = args.__dict__