add extra info

main/spaTyper

@@ -38,9 +38,16 @@ parser.add_argument("-e", '--do_enrich', action="store_true", default=False,
                     help="Do PCR product enrichment. [Default: False]")
 parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version='%(prog)s 0.2.1')
 parser.add_argument('--debug', action='store_true', default=False, help='Developer messages')
+parser.add_argument('--info', action='store_true', default=False, help='Prints additional information')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 #####################################################
 
+#######################
+## Print extra info
+if args.info:
+    print (spaTyper.utils.extra_info())
+    exit()
+
 #######################
 ## Let's go
 #######################

spaTyper/utils.py

@@ -12,6 +12,27 @@
 This script contains several useful functions employed along the spa_typing code.
 """
 
+####################################################
+def extra_info():
+
+    information = '''
+    
+    spaTyper: https://github.com/HCGB-IGTP/spaTyper
+    
+    Typification of the repeat region of the Staphylococcus protein A gene (spa). Repeats are assigned a 
+    numerical code and the spa-type is deduced from the order of specific repeats. 
+    
+    It prints spa type to stdout - egenomics letter combination and the ridom spa type. 
+    If multiple pcr products are found will print spa types for each product.
+
+    It will download sparepeats.fasta and spatypes.txt from the ridom server (https://spaserver2.ridom.de/) 
+    to repository directory if files not provided.
+
+    Original code: mjsull. Modified by: JFSanchezHerrero
+    '''
+
+    return (information)
+
 ####################################################
 def create_folder(pathProvided):
     ## create subfolder  ##