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csv output in all commands that produce tables
What problem are you facing?
For reporting purposes, it's useful to take a data extract from the Packet system and then import it into a spreadsheet for further analysis.
https://github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/issues/80 describes how to
use the tablewriter package to produce CSV output.
How could the Packet CLI help solve this problem?
Add a --csv or --output csv or similar option to format
tabular output as tables, with a design goal to import into
Excel or Google Sheets.
Alternatively, document how to reformat the JSON or YAML output into tabular CSV format.
It is possible to get CSV (or near enough to CSV) output by piping the JSON output into jq, though getting exactly what you want might be difficult with that tool.
An example:
packet device get -p $PACKETPROJECT --include created_at,ip_addresses.address -j | jq -c '.[] |[.hostname,.id,.created_at,.ip_addresses[].address]'
with this output
["freebsd-ewr1","116abfa3-b1c7-xxxx-a559-3a48e691a419","2020-08-30T02:04:30Z","147.75.67.3","2604:1380:0:4300::3","10.99.102.3"]
["debian10-ewr1","8b6695c5-xxxx-4c28-94a2-922fda96aae7","2020-08-30T02:05:37Z","147.75.67.1","2604:1380:0:4300::5","10.99.102.5"]
["qualcomm-01","18cc6bf8-xxxx-4025-9e01-f7cd894ae6d2","2020-05-21T04:52:12Z","147.75.47.222","2604:1380:4111:9d00::1","10.32.50.129"]
["bastion-01","6105741f-14ee-xxxx-8fd9-e580af929ba2","2020-05-20T16:44:22Z","147.75.76.43","2604:1380:0:4300::1","10.99.102.1"]
["mon1","2f07a39f-xxxx-4619-87f9-432be941c892","2020-06-15T11:37:32Z","139.178.68.41","2604:1380:1000:e800::1","10.88.127.1"]
(slightly redacted output)
Similar results, perhaps better, with
packet device get -p $FREEBIES -j | in2csv -f json | csvcut -c id,hostname,ip_addresses/0/address
using the in2csv and csvcut tools from the csvkit package.
Here's an example of how you can use the JSON format with jq to get custom tables output (thanks @dlotterman):
$ metal device list -o json | \
jq -r '.[] | .id + "\t" + (.ip_addresses[]| select ((.address_family==4) and .public==true) | .address|tostring) + "\t" + .state + "\t" + .hostname'
3a500289-10d1-49aa-8214-6d0b55818860 203.0.113.54 active test
