Add --json flag to be used by editor extensions (#936)

cmd/task/task.go

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func main() {
 		init        bool
 		list        bool
 		listAll     bool
+		listJson    bool
 		status      bool
 		force       bool
 		watch       bool
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ func main() {
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&init, "init", "i", false, "creates a new Taskfile.yaml in the current folder")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&list, "list", "l", false, "lists tasks with description of current Taskfile")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&listAll, "list-all", "a", false, "lists tasks with or without a description")
+	pflag.BoolVarP(&listJson, "json", "j", false, "formats task list as json")
 	pflag.BoolVar(&status, "status", false, "exits with non-zero exit code if any of the given tasks is not up-to-date")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&force, "force", "f", false, "forces execution even when the task is up-to-date")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&watch, "watch", "w", false, "enables watch of the given task")
@@ -162,7 +164,12 @@ func main() {
 		OutputStyle: output,
 	}
 
-	if (list || listAll) && silent {
+	var listOptions = task.NewListOptions(list, listAll, listJson)
+	if err := listOptions.Validate(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if (listOptions.ShouldListTasks()) && silent {
 		e.ListTaskNames(listAll)
 		return
 	}
@@ -176,16 +183,9 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if list {
+	if listOptions.ShouldListTasks() {
-		if ok := e.ListTasks(task.FilterOutInternal(), task.FilterOutNoDesc()); !ok {
+		if foundTasks, err := e.ListTasks(listOptions); !foundTasks || err != nil {
-			e.Logger.Outf(logger.Yellow, "task: No tasks with description available. Try --list-all to list all tasks")
+			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		return
-	}
-
-	if listAll {
-		if ok := e.ListTasks(task.FilterOutInternal()); !ok {
-			e.Logger.Outf(logger.Yellow, "task: No tasks available")
 		}
 		return
 	}

help.go

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package task
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/taskfile"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -9,16 +12,81 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
+	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/editors"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/logger"
 )
 
+// ListOptions collects list-related options
+type ListOptions struct {
+	ListOnlyTasksWithDescriptions bool
+	ListAllTasks                  bool
+	FormatTaskListAsJSON          bool
+}
+
+// NewListOptions creates a new ListOptions instance
+func NewListOptions(list, listAll, listAsJson bool) ListOptions {
+	return ListOptions{
+		ListOnlyTasksWithDescriptions: list,
+		ListAllTasks:                  listAll,
+		FormatTaskListAsJSON:          listAsJson,
+	}
+}
+
+// ShouldListTasks returns true if one of the options to list tasks has been set to true
+func (o ListOptions) ShouldListTasks() bool {
+	return o.ListOnlyTasksWithDescriptions || o.ListAllTasks
+}
+
+// Validate validates that the collection of list-related options are in a valid configuration
+func (o ListOptions) Validate() error {
+	if o.ListOnlyTasksWithDescriptions && o.ListAllTasks {
+		return fmt.Errorf("task: cannot use --list and --list-all at the same time")
+	}
+	if o.FormatTaskListAsJSON && !o.ShouldListTasks() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("task: --json only applies to --list or --list-all")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Filters returns the slice of FilterFunc which filters a list
+// of taskfile.Task according to the given ListOptions
+func (o ListOptions) Filters() []FilterFunc {
+	filters := []FilterFunc{FilterOutInternal()}
+
+	if o.ListOnlyTasksWithDescriptions {
+		filters = append(filters, FilterOutNoDesc())
+	}
+
+	return filters
+}
+
 // ListTasks prints a list of tasks.
 // Tasks that match the given filters will be excluded from the list.
-// The function returns a boolean indicating whether or not tasks were found.
+// The function returns a boolean indicating whether tasks were found
-func (e *Executor) ListTasks(filters ...FilterFunc) bool {
+// and an error if one was encountered while preparing the output.
-	tasks := e.GetTaskList(filters...)
+func (e *Executor) ListTasks(o ListOptions) (bool, error) {
+	tasks := e.GetTaskList(o.Filters()...)
+	if o.FormatTaskListAsJSON {
+		output, err := e.ToEditorOutput(tasks)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		encoder := json.NewEncoder(e.Stdout)
+		encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
+		if err := encoder.Encode(output); err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		return len(tasks) > 0, nil
+	}
 	if len(tasks) == 0 {
-		return false
+		if o.ListOnlyTasksWithDescriptions {
+			e.Logger.Outf(logger.Yellow, "task: No tasks with description available. Try --list-all to list all tasks")
+		} else if o.ListAllTasks {
+			e.Logger.Outf(logger.Yellow, "task: No tasks available")
+		}
+		return false, nil
 	}
 	e.Logger.Outf(logger.Default, "task: Available tasks for this project:")
 
@@ -31,10 +99,12 @@ func (e *Executor) ListTasks(filters ...FilterFunc) bool {
 		if len(task.Aliases) > 0 {
 			e.Logger.FOutf(w, logger.Cyan, "\t(aliases: %s)", strings.Join(task.Aliases, ", "))
 		}
-		fmt.Fprint(w, "\n")
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprint(w, "\n")
 	}
-	w.Flush()
+	if err := w.Flush(); err != nil {
-	return true
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 // ListTaskNames prints only the task names in a Taskfile.
@@ -69,3 +139,22 @@ func (e *Executor) ListTaskNames(allTasks bool) {
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, t)
 	}
 }
+
+func (e *Executor) ToEditorOutput(tasks []*taskfile.Task) (*editors.Output, error) {
+	o := &editors.Output{
+		Tasks: make([]editors.Task, len(tasks)),
+	}
+	for i, t := range tasks {
+		upToDate, err := e.isTaskUpToDate(context.Background(), t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		o.Tasks[i] = editors.Task{
+			Name:     t.Name(),
+			Desc:     t.Desc,
+			Summary:  t.Summary,
+			UpToDate: upToDate,
+		}
+	}
+	return o, nil
+}

internal/editors/output.go

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package editors
+
+// Output wraps task list output for use in editor integrations (e.g. VSCode, etc)
+type Output struct {
+	Tasks []Task `json:"tasks"`
+}
+
+// Task describes a single task
+type Task struct {
+	Name     string `json:"name"`
+	Desc     string `json:"desc"`
+	Summary  string `json:"summary"`
+	UpToDate bool   `json:"up_to_date"`
+}

task.go

@@ -72,12 +72,10 @@ func (e *Executor) Run(ctx context.Context, calls ...taskfile.Call) error {
 	for _, call := range calls {
 		task, err := e.GetTask(call)
 		if err != nil {
-			e.ListTasks(FilterOutInternal(), FilterOutNoDesc())
 			return err
 		}
 
 		if task.Internal {
-			e.ListTasks(FilterOutInternal(), FilterOutNoDesc())
 			return &taskInternalError{taskName: call.Task}
 		}
 	}
@@ -396,7 +394,7 @@ func (e *Executor) GetTaskList(filters ...FilterFunc) []*taskfile.Task {
 		tasks = filter(tasks)
 	}
 
-	// Sort the tasks
+	// Sort the tasks.
 	// Tasks that are not namespaced should be listed before tasks that are.
 	// We detect this by searching for a ':' in the task name.
 	sort.Slice(tasks, func(i, j int) bool {

task_test.go

@@ -606,7 +606,9 @@ func TestNoLabelInList(t *testing.T) {
 		Stderr: &buff,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
-	e.ListTasks(task.FilterOutInternal(), task.FilterOutNoDesc())
+	if _, err := e.ListTasks(task.ListOptions{ListOnlyTasksWithDescriptions: true}); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
 	assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), "foo")
 }
 
@@ -624,7 +626,9 @@ func TestListAllShowsNoDesc(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
 
 	var title string
-	e.ListTasks(task.FilterOutInternal())
+	if _, err := e.ListTasks(task.ListOptions{ListAllTasks: true}); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
 	for _, title = range []string{
 		"foo",
 		"voo",
@@ -646,7 +650,9 @@ func TestListCanListDescOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
-	e.ListTasks(task.FilterOutInternal(), task.FilterOutNoDesc())
+	if _, err := e.ListTasks(task.ListOptions{ListOnlyTasksWithDescriptions: true}); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
 
 	var title string
 	assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), "foo")