log_client

#!/usr/bin/python

from xmlrpc.client import ServerProxy
from configparser import ConfigParser
import os, sys
from optparse import (OptionParser, BadOptionError, AmbiguousOptionError)

class PassThroughOptionParser( OptionParser):
    def _process_args( self, largs, rargs, values):
        while rargs:
            try:
                OptionParser._process_args( self, largs, rargs, values)
            except (BadOptionError, AmbiguousOptionError) as err:
                largs.append( err.opt_str)


usage = "usage: %prog [default, blue, cyan, green, red] message_to_print"
parser = PassThroughOptionParser( usage = usage)
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

if len( args) < 2:
    parser.error( "Number of arguments cannot be less than 2")

config = ConfigParser()
config.read( "/etc/log_server.cfg")

server_url = 'http://%s:%s' % (config.get( 'common', 'server_ip'),
                               config.get( 'common', 'server_port'))
s = ServerProxy( server_url)

ret = s.Log( args[0], ' '.join( args[1:]))

if ret:
    sys.exit( 'The server returned an error: %s' % (ret))