pipe into main python script

README.md

@@ -2,9 +2,29 @@
 
 ## Usage
 
-usage: `./main.py <docker-container-name> [<ssh-hostname>]`
+Usage: `<write-log-to-stdout> | ./main.py`
 
-Example:
+- Example: Pipe docker log from remote computer into `main.py`
+
+   ```bash
+   (venv-310) [user@linux snoflake-stats]$ ssh root_at_my_server 'docker logs snowflake-proxy' 2>&1 | ./main.py
+   ```
+
+- Example: Pipe logfile into `main.py`
+
+   ```bash
+   (venv-310) [user@linux snoflake-stats]$ cat snowflake.log | ./main.py
+   ```
+
+Usage: `./main.py <docker-container-name> [<ssh-hostname>]`
+
+- Example: Specify name of local docker container
+
+   ```bash
+   (venv-310) [user@linux snoflake-stats]$ ./main.py snowflake-proxy
+   ```
+
+- Example: Docker container name and ssh hostname
 
    ```bash
    (venv-310) [user@linux snoflake-stats]$ ./main.py snowflake-proxy root_at_my_server

main.py

@@ -8,17 +8,11 @@ import exec
 
 
 def main():
-    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
-        print(f'usage: {sys.argv[0]} <docker-container-name> [<ssh-hostname>]', file=sys.stderr)
-        exit(1)
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        log = get_docker_log()
+    else:
+        log = sys.stdin.read()
 
-    container_name = sys.argv[1]
-
-    ssh_hostname = None
-    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
-        ssh_hostname = sys.argv[2]
-
-    log: str = docker_logs(container_name, ssh_hostname)
     filtered: List[str] = [line for line in log.splitlines()
                            if Throughput.PATTERN in line]
     # filtered = filtered_example()
@@ -46,6 +40,20 @@ def filtered_example() -> List[str]:
     ]
 
 
+def get_docker_log() -> str:
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print(f'usage: {sys.argv[0]} <docker-container-name> [<ssh-hostname>]', file=sys.stderr)
+        exit(1)
+
+    container_name = sys.argv[1]
+
+    ssh_hostname = None
+    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        ssh_hostname = sys.argv[2]
+
+    return docker_logs(container_name, ssh_hostname)
+
+
 def docker_logs(container_name: str, ssh_host: str = None) -> str:
     return exec.execute_and_capture(['docker', 'logs', container_name], ssh_host, 'stderr')