# Module `jcloud_docsgen.cli.cli`

The command line interface

## Function `existing_directory`

### Function signature

```python
existing_directory(path: str) -> pathlib.Path
```

### Returns

Return type: `pathlib.Path`

### Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Kind | Default value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `path` | `str` | normal | -- | -- |

## Function `error`

Shows an error message and returns the exit code.


### Function signature

```python
error(message: str, exit_code: int = 1)
```



### Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Kind | Default value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `message` | `str` | normal | -- | The error message to show. |
| `exit_code` | `int` | normal | `1` | The exit code. |







### Docstring

Shows an error message and returns the exit code.

:param message: The error message to show.
:type message: str
:param exit_code: The exit code.
:type exit_code: int

## Function `create_argument_parser`

Prepares a parser to parse the command-line arguments using
argparse.

### Function signature

```python
create_argument_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser
```

### Returns

The parser.

Return type: `argparse.ArgumentParser`









### Docstring

Prepares a parser to parse the command-line arguments using
argparse.

:return: The parser.
:rtype: argparse.ArgumentParser

## Function `main`

### Function signature

```python
main(argv=None) -> int
```

### Returns

Return type: `int`

### Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Kind | Default value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `argv` | -- | normal | `None` | -- |