docs: def console():
      '''
      cli hook
      return -- integer -- the exit code
      '''
      parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Start an endpoints WSGI server', add_help=True)
      #parser.add_argument('--debug', dest='debug', action='store_true', help='print debugging info')
      parser.add_argument(
          "-v", "--version",
          action='version',
          version="%(prog)s {}".format(endpoints.__version__)
      )
      parser.add_argument(
          "--quiet",
          action='store_true',
          dest='quiet'
      )
      parser.add_argument(
          '--prefix', "--controller-prefix", "-P",
          required=True,
          help='The endpoints controller prefix'
      )
      parser.add_argument(
          '--file', "-F", "--wsgi-file", "--wsgifile",
          dest="file",
          default="",
          help='The wsgi file, the file that has an application callable'
      )
      parser.add_argument(
          '--host', "-H",
          required=True,
          help='The host to serve on in the form host:port'
      )
      parser.add_argument(
          '--count', "-C",
          help='How many requests to process until self termination',
          type=int,
          default=0
      )
      parser.add_argument(
          '--dir', "-D", "--directory",
          dest="directory",
          default=os.getcwd(),
          help='directory to run the server in, usually contains the prefix module path',
      )
  #     parser.add_argument(
  #         '--config', "--config-script", "-S",
  #         dest="config_script",
  #         default="",
  #         help='This script will be loaded before Server is created allowing custom configuration',
  #     )
  
      args = parser.parse_args()
  
      # we want to make sure the directory can be imported from since chances are
      # the prefix module lives in that directory
      sys.path.append(args.directory)
  
      if not args.quiet:
          # https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/logging.html#logging.basicConfig
          logging.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=logging.DEBUG, stream=sys.stdout)
  
      logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
      os.environ["ENDPOINTS_HOST"] = args.host
      environ.HOST = args.host
      os.environ["ENDPOINTS_PREFIX"] = args.prefix
      #environ.PREFIXES = args.prefix
  
      config = {}
      if args.file:
          # load the configuration file
          config = runpy.run_path(args.file)
  
  #     if args.config_script:
  #         # load a config script so you can customize the environment
  #         h = "wsgiserver_config_{}".format(uuid.uuid4())
  #         config_module = imp.load_source(h, args.config_script)
  
      s = Server()
  
      if "application" in config:
          s.application = config["application"]
  
      if args.count:
          logger.info("Listening on {} for {} requests".format(args.host, args.prefix))
          s.serve_count(args.count)
  
      else:
          logger.info("Listening on {}".format(args.host))
          s.serve_forever()
  
      return 0