Beginnings of a command line REST client

cmd/client/main.go

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+// Package main implements a command line client for the Inbucket REST API
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/google/subcommands"
+)
+
+var host = flag.String("host", "localhost", "host/IP of Inbucket server")
+var port = flag.Uint("port", 9000, "HTTP port of Inbucket server")
+
+func main() {
+	// Important top-level flags
+	subcommands.ImportantFlag("host")
+	subcommands.ImportantFlag("port")
+	// Setup standard helpers
+	subcommands.Register(subcommands.HelpCommand(), "")
+	subcommands.Register(subcommands.FlagsCommand(), "")
+	subcommands.Register(subcommands.CommandsCommand(), "")
+	// Setup my commands
+	subcommands.Register(&listCmd{}, "")
+	subcommands.Register(&mboxCmd{}, "")
+	// Parse and execute
+	flag.Parse()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	os.Exit(int(subcommands.Execute(ctx)))
+}
+
+func baseURL() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%v", *host, *port)
+}
+
+func fatal(msg string, err error) subcommands.ExitStatus {
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: %v\n", msg, err)
+	return subcommands.ExitFailure
+}
+
+func usage(msg string) subcommands.ExitStatus {
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, msg)
+	return subcommands.ExitUsageError
+}