diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 58a76c9..4d6ed49 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ckanapi==4.6
+defopt==6.3.0
 hdx-python-country==3.1.3
 ndg-httpsclient==0.5.1
 pyasn1==0.4.8
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6cb1f2c..6715695 100755
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ python_requires = >=3.6
 install_requires =
     ckanapi >= 4.6
     hdx-python-country>=3.1.3
+    defopt
     ndg-httpsclient
     pyasn1
     pyOpenSSL
diff --git a/src/hdx/facades/infer_arguments.py b/src/hdx/facades/infer_arguments.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6750cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hdx/facades/infer_arguments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+"""Facade to simplify project setup that calls project main function with kwargs"""
+import logging
+import sys
+from inspect import BoundArguments
+from typing import Any, Callable, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+import defopt
+from hdx.utilities.easy_logging import setup_logging
+from hdx.utilities.useragent import UserAgent
+
+from hdx.api import __version__
+from hdx.api.configuration import Configuration
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+setup_logging(log_file="errors.log")
+
+
+def _bind_known(fn: Callable) -> Tuple[Callable, BoundArguments, List[str]]:
+    parser = defopt._create_parser(fn, cli_options="all")
+    with defopt._colorama_text():
+        args, argv = parser.parse_known_args()
+        parsed_argv = vars(args)
+    try:
+        func = parsed_argv.pop("_func")
+    except KeyError:
+        # Workaround for http://bugs.python.org/issue9253#msg186387 (and
+        # https://bugs.python.org/issue29298 which blocks using required=True).
+        parser.error("too few arguments")
+    sig = defopt.signature(func)
+    ba = sig.bind_partial()
+    ba.arguments.update(parsed_argv)
+    return func, ba, argv
+
+
+def _run_known(func: Callable, ba: BoundArguments) -> Any:
+    sig = defopt.signature(func)
+    (raises,) = [
+        # typing_inspect does not allow fetching metadata; see e.g. ti#82.
+        arg
+        for arg in getattr(sig.return_annotation, "__metadata__", [])
+        if isinstance(arg, defopt._Raises)
+    ]
+    # The function call should occur here to minimize effects on the traceback.
+    try:
+        return func(*ba.args, **ba.kwargs)
+    except raises as e:
+        sys.exit(e)
+
+
+def _create_configuration(
+    user_agent: Optional[str] = None,
+    user_agent_config_yaml: Optional[str] = None,
+    user_agent_lookup: Optional[str] = None,
+    hdx_url: Optional[str] = None,
+    hdx_site: Optional[str] = None,
+    hdx_read_only: bool = False,
+    hdx_key: Optional[str] = None,
+    hdx_config_json: Optional[str] = None,
+    hdx_config_yaml: Optional[str] = None,
+    project_config_json: Optional[str] = None,
+    project_config_yaml: Optional[str] = None,
+    hdx_base_config_json: Optional[str] = None,
+    hdx_base_config_yaml: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> str:
+    """
+    Create HDX configuration
+
+    Args:
+        user_agent (Optional[str]): User agent string. HDXPythonLibrary/X.X.X- is prefixed. Must be supplied if remoteckan is not.
+        user_agent_config_yaml (Optional[str]): Path to YAML user agent configuration. Ignored if user_agent supplied. Defaults to ~/.useragent.yml.
+        user_agent_lookup (Optional[str]): Lookup key for YAML. Ignored if user_agent supplied.
+        hdx_url (Optional[str]): HDX url to use. Overrides hdx_site.
+        hdx_site (Optional[str]): HDX site to use eg. prod, test.
+        hdx_read_only (bool): Whether to access HDX in read only mode. Defaults to False.
+        hdx_key (Optional[str]): Your HDX key. Ignored if hdx_read_only = True.
+        hdx_config_json (Optional[str]): Path to JSON HDX configuration OR
+        hdx_config_yaml (Optional[str]): Path to YAML HDX configuration
+        project_config_json (Optional[str]): Path to JSON Project configuration OR
+        project_config_yaml (Optional[str]): Path to YAML Project configuration
+        hdx_base_config_json (Optional[str]): Path to JSON HDX base configuration OR
+        hdx_base_config_yaml (Optional[str]): Path to YAML HDX base configuration. Defaults to library's internal hdx_base_configuration.yml.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: HDX site url
+
+    """
+    arguments = locals()
+    return Configuration._create(**arguments)
+
+
+def facade(projectmainfn: Callable[[Any], None]):
+    """Facade to simplify project setup that calls project main function. It infers
+    command line arguments from the passed in function using defopt. The function passed
+    in should have either type hints or a docstring from which to infer the command
+    line arguments.
+
+    Args:
+        projectmainfn ((Any) -> None): main function of project
+
+    Returns:
+        None
+    """
+
+    #
+    # Setting up configuration
+    #
+    func, ba, argv = _bind_known(projectmainfn)
+    site_url = defopt.run(_create_configuration, argv=argv, cli_options="all")
+
+    logger.info("--------------------------------------------------")
+    logger.info(f"> Using HDX Python API Library {__version__}")
+    logger.info(f"> HDX Site: {site_url}")
+
+    UserAgent.user_agent = Configuration.read().user_agent
+    _run_known(func, ba)
diff --git a/tests/hdx/facades/__init__.py b/tests/hdx/facades/__init__.py
index 4f5e990..ddd2f44 100755
--- a/tests/hdx/facades/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/hdx/facades/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
 from hdx.api.configuration import Configuration
 
 
@@ -36,3 +38,7 @@ def my_testfnkw(**kwargs):
     elif fn == "exc":
         testresult.actual_result = Configuration.read().get_hdx_site_url()
         raise ValueError("Some failure!")
+
+
+def my_testfnia(mydata: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+    testresult.actual_result = mydata
diff --git a/tests/hdx/facades/test_infer_arguments.py b/tests/hdx/facades/test_infer_arguments.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e91eefa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hdx/facades/test_infer_arguments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"""Simple Facade Tests"""
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+from hdx.utilities.useragent import UserAgent
+
+from hdx.api.configuration import ConfigurationError
+from hdx.facades.infer_arguments import facade
+
+from . import my_testfnia, testresult
+
+
+class TestInferArguments:
+    def test_facade(self, monkeypatch, hdx_config_yaml, project_config_yaml):
+        UserAgent.clear_global()
+        mydata = "hello"
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            sys,
+            "argv",
+            [
+                "test",
+                "--mydata",
+                mydata,
+                "--hdx-site",
+                "prod",
+                "--hdx-key",
+                "123",
+                "--user-agent",
+                "test",
+            ],
+        )
+        testresult.actual_result = None
+        facade(my_testfnia)
+        assert testresult.actual_result == mydata
+
+        UserAgent.clear_global()
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            sys,
+            "argv",
+            [
+                "test",
+                "--mydata",
+                mydata,
+                "--hdx-site",
+                "prod",
+                "--user-agent",
+                "test",
+            ],
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(ConfigurationError):
+            facade(my_testfnia)
+
+        UserAgent.clear_global()
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            sys,
+            "argv",
+            [
+                "test",
+                "--mydata",
+                mydata,
+                "--hdx-site",
+                "prod",
+                "--hdx-key",
+                "123",
+                "--user-agent",
+                "test",
+                "--lala",
+                "what",
+            ],
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+            facade(my_testfnia)
+        UserAgent.clear_global()