examples/traffic_analysis: improve CLI argument handling

[Borda]

This pull request refactors the command-line interface (CLI) handling in both inference_example.py and ultralytics_example.py for the traffic analysis examples. The main improvement is replacing the previous argparse-based CLI with a more flexible approach that prefers jsonargparse if available, while providing a fallback to positional arguments for environments where jsonargparse is not installed. Additionally, the main execution logic is moved into a dedicated main function in each script, improving modularity and readability.

CLI refactoring and flexibility:

• Replaced the argparse-based CLI with logic that first attempts to use jsonargparse for argument parsing, falling back to simple positional arguments if jsonargparse is unavailable. This makes the scripts more robust and user-friendly in different environments. [1] [2]
• Moved the script logic into a dedicated main function in both inference_example.py and ultralytics_example.py, improving code organization and enabling easier reuse and testing. [1] [2]

Imports and dependencies:

• Updated imports to remove argparse and add sys, reflecting the new CLI handling approach. [1] [2]

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Part of #2090

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This pull request refactors the CLI argument handling in traffic analysis examples by replacing argparse with a flexible approach that uses jsonargparse when available and falls back to positional arguments otherwise. The main execution logic is extracted into dedicated main() functions for improved modularity.

Key changes:

• Replaced argparse with conditional jsonargparse usage, falling back to positional arguments when unavailable
• Extracted script logic into main() functions with proper type hints and docstrings
• Updated imports to use sys instead of argparse

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
examples/traffic_analysis/ultralytics_example.py	Refactored CLI to use jsonargparse with positional fallback; extracted main() function for YOLO-based traffic analysis
examples/traffic_analysis/inference_example.py	Refactored CLI to use jsonargparse with positional fallback; extracted main() function for Inference-based traffic analysis

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[Copilot]

The target_video_path parameter should be optional with a default value of None to maintain backward compatibility with the previous argparse implementation. The original argparse version had default=None for this parameter. Without making it optional, this is a breaking API change.

[Copilot]

The target_video_path parameter should be optional with a default value of None to maintain backward compatibility with the previous argparse implementation. The original argparse version had default=None for this parameter. Without making it optional, this is a breaking API change.

[Copilot]

The documentation incorrectly describes roboflow_api_key as "Roboflow API key" without noting that it can be None and will fall back to the environment variable ROBOFLOW_API_KEY. The function logic on lines 202-209 shows that roboflow_api_key can be None and will use os.environ.get("ROBOFLOW_API_KEY", api_key) as a fallback. The documentation should clarify that this parameter is optional when the environment variable is set.

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✅ Project coverage is 52%. Comparing base (8df7aea) to head (3646830).
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[Borda]

run locally and all seems to work as expected 🐰