Add minified json output format

cli/cli.go

@@ -111,14 +111,15 @@ func createCliCommandTree(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		return validLogLevels, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
 	})
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("log-file", "", tr("Path to the file where logs will be written."))
-	validFormats := []string{"text", "json"}
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("log-format", "", tr("The output format for the logs, can be: %s", strings.Join(validFormats, ", ")))
+	validLogFormats := []string{"text", "json"}
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("log-format", "", tr("The output format for the logs, can be: %s", strings.Join(validLogFormats, ", ")))
 	cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("log-format", func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
-		return validFormats, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
+		return validLogFormats, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
 	})
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&outputFormat, "format", "text", tr("The output format for the logs, can be: %s", strings.Join(validFormats, ", ")))
+	validOutputFormats := []string{"text", "json", "jsonmini"}
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&outputFormat, "format", "text", tr("The output format for the logs, can be: %s", strings.Join(validOutputFormats, ", ")))
 	cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("format", func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
-		return validFormats, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
+		return validOutputFormats, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveDefault
 	})
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&configFile, "config-file", "", tr("The custom config file (if not specified the default will be used)."))
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringSlice("additional-urls", []string{}, tr("Comma-separated list of additional URLs for the Boards Manager."))
@@ -144,9 +145,10 @@ func toLogLevel(s string) (t logrus.Level, found bool) {
 
 func parseFormatString(arg string) (feedback.OutputFormat, bool) {
 	f, found := map[string]feedback.OutputFormat{
-		"json": feedback.JSON,
-		"text": feedback.Text,
-	}[arg]
+		"json":     feedback.JSON,
+		"jsonmini": feedback.JSONMini,
+		"text":     feedback.Text,
+	}[strings.ToLower(arg)]
 
 	return f, found
 }

cli/feedback/feedback.go

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ const (
 	Text OutputFormat = iota
 	// JSON means JSON format
 	JSON
+	// JSONMini is identical to JSON but without whitespaces
+	JSONMini
 )
 
 // Result is anything more complex than a sentence that needs to be printed
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ func (fb *Feedback) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 
 // Print behaves like fmt.Print but writes on the out writer and adds a newline.
 func (fb *Feedback) Print(v interface{}) {
-	if fb.format == JSON {
+	if fb.format == JSON || fb.format == JSONMini {
 		fb.printJSON(v)
 	} else {
 		fmt.Fprintln(fb.out, v)
@@ -140,7 +142,14 @@ func (fb *Feedback) Error(v ...interface{}) {
 // printJSON is a convenient wrapper to provide feedback by printing the
 // desired output in a pretty JSON format. It adds a newline to the output.
 func (fb *Feedback) printJSON(v interface{}) {
-	if d, err := json.MarshalIndent(v, "", "  "); err != nil {
+	var d []byte
+	var err error
+	if fb.format == JSON {
+		d, err = json.MarshalIndent(v, "", "  ")
+	} else if fb.format == JSONMini {
+		d, err = json.Marshal(v)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
 		fb.Errorf(tr("Error during JSON encoding of the output: %v"), err)
 	} else {
 		fmt.Fprintf(fb.out, "%v\n", string(d))
@@ -151,7 +160,7 @@ func (fb *Feedback) printJSON(v interface{}) {
 // where the contents can't be just serialized to JSON but requires more
 // structure.
 func (fb *Feedback) PrintResult(res Result) {
-	if fb.format == JSON {
+	if fb.format == JSON || fb.format == JSONMini {
 		fb.printJSON(res.Data())
 	} else {
 		fb.Print(fmt.Sprintf("%s", res))

cli/version/version.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func runVersionCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	latestVersion := updater.ForceCheckForUpdate(currentVersion)
 
 	versionInfo := globals.VersionInfo
-	if feedback.GetFormat() == feedback.JSON && latestVersion != nil {
+	if f := feedback.GetFormat(); (f == feedback.JSON || f == feedback.JSONMini) && latestVersion != nil {
 		// Set this only we managed to get the latest version
 		versionInfo.LatestVersion = latestVersion.String()
 	}