--- a/COBRAxy/marea.py	Tue Nov 05 21:48:04 2024 +0000
+++ b/COBRAxy/marea.py	Wed Nov 06 10:12:52 2024 +0000
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ERRORS = []
 ########################## argparse ##########################################
 ARGS :argparse.Namespace
-def process_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+def process_args(args=None) -> argparse.Namespace:
     """
     Interfaces the script of a module with its frontend, making the user's choices for various parameters available as values in code.
 
@@ -147,11 +147,17 @@
         help='custom map to use')
     
     parser.add_argument(
+        '-idop', '--output_path', 
+        type = str,
+        default='result',
+        help = 'output path for maps')
+    
+    parser.add_argument(
         '-mc',  '--choice_map',
         type = utils.Model, default = utils.Model.HMRcore,
         choices = [utils.Model.HMRcore, utils.Model.ENGRO2, utils.Model.Custom])
 
-    args :argparse.Namespace = parser.parse_args()
+    args :argparse.Namespace = parser.parse_args(args)
     if args.using_RAS and not args.using_RPS: args.net = False
 
     return args
@@ -651,7 +657,7 @@
         # all output files: I don't care, this was never the performance bottleneck of the tool and
         # there is no other net gain in saving and re-using the built string.
         ext,
-        prefix = "result")
+        prefix = ARGS.output_path)
 
 FIELD_NOT_AVAILABLE = '/'
 def writeToCsv(rows: List[list], fieldNames :List[str], outPath :utils.FilePath) -> None:
@@ -865,7 +871,7 @@
     return { id : list(map(utils.Float("Dataset values, not an argument"), values)) for id, values in dataset.items() }, IDs
 
 ############################ MAIN #############################################
-def main() -> None:
+def main(args=None) -> None:
     """
     Initializes everything and sets the program in motion based on the fronted input arguments.
 
@@ -876,10 +882,10 @@
         sys.exit : if a user-provided custom map is in the wrong format (ET.XMLSyntaxError, ET.XMLSchemaParseError)
     """
     global ARGS
-    ARGS = process_args()
+    ARGS = process_args(args)
 
-    if not os.path.isdir('result'):
-        os.makedirs('result')
+    if not os.path.isdir(ARGS.output_path):
+        os.makedirs(ARGS.output_path)
     
     core_map: ET.ElementTree = ARGS.choice_map.getMap(
         ARGS.tool_dir,