Use string to create class function

Question

I have a function that's set up like so:

class CLI(object):

    def __init__(self, user, password, endpoint):
        self.token = auth.login(user, password)
        self.endpoint = endpoint

    def put(self):
        return

    def get(self, pk):
        value = get.endpoint(token=self.token, pk=pk)
        return value

    def update(self):
        return

    def delete(self):
        return

    def exit(self):
        sys.exit

I'm generating an argument that would provide a string for what the endpoint is however I'm curious how I can replace that in the below code as a variable:

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Access enterPass API via Command Line')
    parser.add_argument('endpoint', type=str, help='What API endpoint to access')
    parser.add_argument('method', type=str, help='What method to call')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    endpoint = args.endpoint
    method = args.method

    value = CLI(user='myusername',
                password='mypassword,
                endpoint=endpoint).read(pk=1)

    print(value)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Instead of value = CLI(user=user, password=password, endpoint=endpoint.get(pk=1) I want value = CLI(user=user, password=password, endpoint=endpoint).method(pk=1). Likewise for where endpoint is called inside of the class.

Neither your example code nor usage are valid syntactically, so it's not clear to me what your problem is or what you're expecting. Are you just looking for `getattr` (see e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/q/3061/3001761)? — jonrsharpe, Sep 30 '18 at 22:28
@jonrsharpe thank you I actually found it right after I opened this. so ya it's a duplicate. — whoisearth, Sep 30 '18 at 22:32
Possible duplicate of [Calling a function of a module by using its name (a string)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3061/calling-a-function-of-a-module-by-using-its-name-a-string) — whoisearth, Sep 30 '18 at 22:32

Use string to create class function

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