posit-dev / posit-dev/rsconnect-python
feat: `--json` or something to return structured output
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- Python
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Description
For when you have other processes calling the CLI, not a human in an interactive session, it would be nice to get response information in a more machine-friendly way that doesn't require regex parsing to extract useful things. (See also #756.)
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the CLI behavior described in this issue and the related issue #756. Determine which commands and response information need structured output, then define the expected machine-readable interface and verify that non-interactive callers can consume it without regex parsing.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100