Random Color Generator with Argparse

This function uses the Argparse library to parse command line arguments and outputs a random color in hexadecimal or RGB format based on the settings of the arguments.

Technology Stack : Python, Argparse, Colorsys

Code Type : Python Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import argparse

def generate_random_color(arg1, arg2):
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Generate a random color.')
    parser.add_argument('--hex', action='store_true', help='Output color in hexadecimal format.')
    parser.add_argument('--rgb', action='store_true', help='Output color in RGB format.')
    args = parser.parse_args(arg1, arg2)

    import random
    from colorsys import hls_to_rgb

    # Generate a random hue
    hue = random.random()

    # Convert HLS to RGB
    l = 0.5
    s = 0.5
    v = 0.95
    r, g, b = hls_to_rgb(hue, l, v)

    if args.hex:
        return '#{:02x}{:02x}{:02x}'.format(int(r * 255), int(g * 255), int(b * 255))
    else:
        return '{:.2f}, {:.2f}, {:.2f}'.format(r, g, b)