Add CLI ignore unknown args config option.

Author: kschwab

pydantic_settings/main.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class SettingsConfigDict(ConfigDict, total=False):
     cli_exit_on_error: bool
     cli_prefix: str
     cli_implicit_flags: bool | None
+    cli_ignore_unknown_args: bool | None
     secrets_dir: PathType | None
     json_file: PathType | None
     json_file_encoding: str | None
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ class BaseSettings(BaseModel):
         _cli_prefix: The root parser command line arguments prefix. Defaults to "".
         _cli_implicit_flags: Whether `bool` fields should be implicitly converted into CLI boolean flags.
             (e.g. --flag, --no-flag). Defaults to `False`.
+        _cli_ignore_unknown_args: Whether to ignore unknown CLI args and parse only known ones. Defaults to `False`.
         _secrets_dir: The secret files directory or a sequence of directories. Defaults to `None`.
     """
 
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ def __init__(
         _cli_exit_on_error: bool | None = None,
         _cli_prefix: str | None = None,
         _cli_implicit_flags: bool | None = None,
+        _cli_ignore_unknown_args: bool | None = None,
         _secrets_dir: PathType | None = None,
         **values: Any,
     ) -> None:
@@ -172,6 +175,7 @@ def __init__(
                 _cli_exit_on_error=_cli_exit_on_error,
                 _cli_prefix=_cli_prefix,
                 _cli_implicit_flags=_cli_implicit_flags,
+                _cli_ignore_unknown_args=_cli_ignore_unknown_args,
                 _secrets_dir=_secrets_dir,
             )
         )
@@ -223,6 +227,7 @@ def _settings_build_values(
         _cli_exit_on_error: bool | None = None,
         _cli_prefix: str | None = None,
         _cli_implicit_flags: bool | None = None,
+        _cli_ignore_unknown_args: bool | None = None,
         _secrets_dir: PathType | None = None,
     ) -> dict[str, Any]:
         # Determine settings config values
@@ -280,6 +285,11 @@ def _settings_build_values(
         cli_implicit_flags = (
             _cli_implicit_flags if _cli_implicit_flags is not None else self.model_config.get('cli_implicit_flags')
         )
+        cli_ignore_unknown_args = (
+            _cli_ignore_unknown_args
+            if _cli_ignore_unknown_args is not None
+            else self.model_config.get('cli_ignore_unknown_args')
+        )
 
         secrets_dir = _secrets_dir if _secrets_dir is not None else self.model_config.get('secrets_dir')
 
@@ -339,6 +349,7 @@ def _settings_build_values(
                         cli_exit_on_error=cli_exit_on_error,
                         cli_prefix=cli_prefix,
                         cli_implicit_flags=cli_implicit_flags,
+                        cli_ignore_unknown_args=cli_ignore_unknown_args,
                         case_sensitive=case_sensitive,
                     )
                     if cli_settings_source is None
@@ -388,6 +399,7 @@ def _settings_build_values(
         cli_exit_on_error=True,
         cli_prefix='',
         cli_implicit_flags=False,
+        cli_ignore_unknown_args=False,
         json_file=None,
         json_file_encoding=None,
         yaml_file=None,

pydantic_settings/sources.py

@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ class CliSettingsSource(EnvSettingsSource, Generic[T]):
         cli_prefix: Prefix for command line arguments added under the root parser. Defaults to "".
         cli_implicit_flags: Whether `bool` fields should be implicitly converted into CLI boolean flags.
             (e.g. --flag, --no-flag). Defaults to `False`.
+        cli_ignore_unknown_args: Whether to ignore unknown CLI args and parse only known ones. Defaults to `False`.
         case_sensitive: Whether CLI "--arg" names should be read with case-sensitivity. Defaults to `True`.
             Note: Case-insensitive matching is only supported on the internal root parser and does not apply to CLI
             subcommands.
@@ -1058,9 +1059,10 @@ def __init__(
         cli_exit_on_error: bool | None = None,
         cli_prefix: str | None = None,
         cli_implicit_flags: bool | None = None,
+        cli_ignore_unknown_args: bool | None = None,
         case_sensitive: bool | None = True,
         root_parser: Any = None,
-        parse_args_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = ArgumentParser.parse_args,
+        parse_args_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = None,
         add_argument_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = ArgumentParser.add_argument,
         add_argument_group_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = ArgumentParser.add_argument_group,
         add_parser_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = _SubParsersAction.add_parser,
@@ -1106,6 +1108,11 @@ def __init__(
             if cli_implicit_flags is not None
             else settings_cls.model_config.get('cli_implicit_flags', False)
         )
+        self.cli_ignore_unknown_args = (
+            cli_ignore_unknown_args
+            if cli_ignore_unknown_args is not None
+            else settings_cls.model_config.get('cli_ignore_unknown_args', False)
+        )
 
         case_sensitive = case_sensitive if case_sensitive is not None else True
         if not case_sensitive and root_parser is not None:
@@ -1521,14 +1528,19 @@ def none_parser_method(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
     def _connect_root_parser(
         self,
         root_parser: T,
-        parse_args_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = ArgumentParser.parse_args,
+        parse_args_method: Callable[..., Any] | None,
         add_argument_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = ArgumentParser.add_argument,
         add_argument_group_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = ArgumentParser.add_argument_group,
         add_parser_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = _SubParsersAction.add_parser,
         add_subparsers_method: Callable[..., Any] | None = ArgumentParser.add_subparsers,
         formatter_class: Any = RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
     ) -> None:
+        def _parse_known_args(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Namespace:
+            return ArgumentParser.parse_known_args(*args, **kwargs)[0]
+
         self._root_parser = root_parser
+        if parse_args_method is None:
+            parse_args_method = _parse_known_args if self.cli_ignore_unknown_args else ArgumentParser.parse_args
         self._parse_args = self._connect_parser_method(parse_args_method, 'parsed_args_method')
         self._add_argument = self._connect_parser_method(add_argument_method, 'add_argument_method')
         self._add_argument_group = self._connect_parser_method(add_argument_group_method, 'add_argument_group_method')

tests/test_settings.py

@@ -3981,6 +3981,18 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings, cli_parse_args=True): ...
             Settings(_cli_exit_on_error=False)
 
 
+def test_cli_ignore_unknown_args():
+    class Cfg(BaseSettings, cli_ignore_unknown_args=True):
+        this: str = 'hello'
+        that: int = 123
+
+    cfg = Cfg(_cli_parse_args=['not_my_positional_arg', '--not-my-optional-arg=456'])
+    assert cfg.model_dump() == {'this': 'hello', 'that': 123}
+
+    cfg = Cfg(_cli_parse_args=['not_my_positional_arg', '--not-my-optional-arg=456', '--this=goodbye', '--that=789'])
+    assert cfg.model_dump() == {'this': 'goodbye', 'that': 789}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('parser_type', [pytest.Parser, argparse.ArgumentParser, CliDummyParser])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('prefix', ['', 'cfg'])
 def test_cli_user_settings_source(parser_type, prefix):