--- a/epost.py	Wed Mar 11 04:03:14 2020 -0400
+++ b/epost.py	Wed Sep 23 09:48:26 2020 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-from __future__ import print_function
 
 import argparse
 
@@ -9,22 +8,37 @@
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='EPost', epilog='')
     parser.add_argument('db', help='Database to use')
+    parser.add_argument('--user_email', help="User email")
+    parser.add_argument('--admin_email', help="Admin email")
+
+    parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=eutils.Client.getVersion(), help='Version (reports Biopython version)')
+
+    # ID source
     parser.add_argument('--id_list', help='list of ids')
     parser.add_argument('--id', help='Comma separated individual IDs')
-    parser.add_argument('--history_file', help='Post to new QueryKey in an existing WebEnv')
-    parser.add_argument('--user_email', help="User email")
-    parser.add_argument('--admin_email', help="Admin email")
+    parser.add_argument('--id_json', help='list of ids in a json file as returned by esearch or elink')
+    parser.add_argument('--id_xml', help='list of ids in an xml file as returned by esearch or elink')
+
+    # Target history
+    parser.add_argument('--history_xml', help='Post to new QueryKey in an existing WebEnv (XML)')
+    parser.add_argument('--history_file', help='Post to new QueryKey in an existing WebEnv (JSON)')
+    parser.add_argument('--webenv', help='Post to new WebEnv (History ID)')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     c = eutils.Client(history_file=args.history_file, user_email=args.user_email, admin_email=args.admin_email)
-    merged_ids = c.parse_ids(args.id_list, args.id, args.history_file)
 
     payload = {}
     if args.history_file is not None:
-        payload.update(c.get_history())
-    else:
-        payload['id'] = ','.join(merged_ids)
-        payload['WebEnv'] = ''
+        hist = c.get_history()
+        payload['WebEnv'] = hist['WebEnv']
+    elif args.history_xml is not None:
+        hist = c.extract_history_from_xml_file(args.history_xml)
+        payload['WebEnv'] = hist['WebEnv']
+    elif args.webenv is not None:
+        payload['WebEnv'] = args.webenv
+
+    merged_ids = c.parse_ids(args.id_list, args.id, None, args.id_xml, args.id_json)
+    payload['id'] = ','.join(merged_ids)
 
     print(c.post(args.db, **payload))