remove fire dependency in the component image build

sdk/python/kfp/compiler/_component_builder.py

@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ def _generate_dockerfile_with_py(self, target_file, base_image, python_filepath,
     with open(target_file, 'w') as f:
       f.write('FROM ' + base_image + '\n')
       f.write('RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y -q python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools\n')
-      f.write('RUN pip3 install fire\n')
       if has_requirement_file:
         f.write('ADD ' + self._ARC_REQUIREMENT_FILE + ' /ml/\n')
         f.write('RUN pip3 install -r /ml/' + self._ARC_REQUIREMENT_FILE + '\n')
@@ -329,10 +328,15 @@ def _generate_entrypoint(self, component_func):
 
     # CLI codes
     codegen.begin()
-    codegen.writeline('import fire')
+    codegen.writeline('import argparse')
+    codegen.writeline('parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Parsing arguments")')
+    for input_arg in input_args:
+      codegen.writeline('parser.add_argument("' + input_arg + '", type=' + inputs[input_arg].__name__ + ')')
+    codegen.writeline('args = vars(parser.parse_args())')
+    codegen.writeline('')
     codegen.writeline('if __name__ == "__main__":')
     codegen.indent()
-    codegen.writeline('fire.Fire(' + new_func_name + ')')
+    codegen.writeline(new_func_name + '(**args)')
 
     # Remove the decorator from the component source
     src_lines = component_src.split('\n')

sdk/python/tests/compiler/component_builder_test.py

@@ -151,13 +151,11 @@ def test_generate_dockerfile(self):
     golden_dockerfile_payload_one = '''\
 FROM gcr.io/ngao-mlpipeline-testing/tensorflow:1.10.0
 RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y -q python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools
-RUN pip3 install fire
 ADD main.py /ml/
 ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "/ml/main.py"]'''
     golden_dockerfile_payload_two = '''\
 FROM gcr.io/ngao-mlpipeline-testing/tensorflow:1.10.0
 RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y -q python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools
-RUN pip3 install fire
 ADD requirements.txt /ml/
 RUN pip3 install -r /ml/requirements.txt
 ADD main.py /ml/
@@ -321,9 +319,14 @@ def wrapper_sample_component_func(a,b):
   with open("/output.txt", "w") as f:
     f.write(str(output))
 
-import fire
+import argparse
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Parsing arguments")
+parser.add_argument("a", type=str)
+parser.add_argument("b", type=int)
+args = vars(parser.parse_args())
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-  fire.Fire(wrapper_sample_component_func)
+  wrapper_sample_component_func(**args)
 '''
     self.assertEqual(golden, generated_codes)
 
@@ -340,9 +343,14 @@ def wrapper_sample_component_func_two(a,b):
   with open("/output.txt", "w") as f:
     f.write(str(output))
 
-import fire
+import argparse
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Parsing arguments")
+parser.add_argument("a", type=str)
+parser.add_argument("b", type=int)
+args = vars(parser.parse_args())
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-  fire.Fire(wrapper_sample_component_func_two)
+  wrapper_sample_component_func_two(**args)
 '''
     self.assertEqual(golden, generated_codes)
 
@@ -356,8 +364,11 @@ def wrapper_sample_component_func_three():
   with open("/output.txt", "w") as f:
     f.write(str(output))
 
-import fire
+import argparse
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Parsing arguments")
+args = vars(parser.parse_args())
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-  fire.Fire(wrapper_sample_component_func_three)
+  wrapper_sample_component_func_three(**args)
 '''
     self.assertEqual(golden, generated_codes)