diff --git a/labadoor-log/src/cli.rs b/labadoor-log/src/cli.rs
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+use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Parser, Debug)]
+pub struct Cli {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    pub command: Command,
+    #[arg(short, long, value_enum)]
+    pub backends: Option<Vec<Backend>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Parser, ValueEnum, Clone, Debug)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum Backend {
+    #[cfg(feature = "csv")]
+    CSV,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Parser, Debug)]
+pub enum Command {
+    Append(Append),
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Parser, Debug)]
+pub struct Append {
+    pub time: String,
+    pub username: String,
+    pub resource: String,
+    pub method: String,
+}
+
+pub fn parse() -> Cli {
+    Cli::parse()
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "csv")]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Parser, Debug)]
+pub struct CSV {
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    #[arg(default_value = "Some(String::from(\"/etc/labadoor\"))")]
+    pub path: String,
+}