cli: add interactive prompt to get input when --database-name flag is missing

GitOrigin-RevId: f92478d0ca6a4f6d0cfaa7aca3b4bb8a215a5cad

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 (Add entries below in the order of server, console, cli, docs, others)
 - console: add foreign key CRUD functionality to ms sql server tables
 - console: allow tracking of custom SQL functions having composite type (rowtype) input arguments
+- cli: add interactive prompt to get input when `--database-name` flag is missing
 
 
 ## v2.0.0-beta.1

cli/cli.go

@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Version of the config.
 	Version ConfigVersion `yaml:"version,omitempty"`
 
+	// DisableInteractive disables interactive prompt
+	DisableInteractive bool `yaml:"disable_interactive,omitempty"`
+
 	// ServerConfig to be used by CLI to contact server.
 	ServerConfig `yaml:",inline"`
 
@@ -821,6 +824,7 @@ func (ec *ExecutionContext) readConfig() error {
 
 	ec.Config = &Config{
 		Version:            ConfigVersion(v.GetInt("version")),
+		DisableInteractive: v.GetBool("disable_interactive"),
 		ServerConfig: ServerConfig{
 			Endpoint:    v.GetString("endpoint"),
 			AdminSecret: adminSecret,

cli/commands/migrate.go

@@ -50,12 +50,14 @@ func NewMigrateCmd(ec *cli.ExecutionContext) *cobra.Command {
 	f.MarkDeprecated("access-key", "use --admin-secret instead")
 	f.Bool("insecure-skip-tls-verify", false, "skip TLS verification and disable cert checking (default: false)")
 	f.String("certificate-authority", "", "path to a cert file for the certificate authority")
+	f.Bool("disable-interactive", false, "disables interactive prompts (default: false)")
 
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "endpoint", f.Lookup("endpoint"))
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "admin_secret", f.Lookup("admin-secret"))
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "access_key", f.Lookup("access-key"))
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "insecure_skip_tls_verify", f.Lookup("insecure-skip-tls-verify"))
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "certificate_authority", f.Lookup("certificate-authority"))
+	util.BindPFlag(v, "disable_interactive", f.Lookup("disable-interactive"))
 
 	f.BoolVar(&ec.DisableAutoStateMigration, "disable-auto-state-migration", false, "after a config v3 update, disable automatically moving state from hdb_catalog.schema_migrations to catalog state")
 	f.MarkHidden("disable-auto-state-migration")
@@ -107,11 +109,35 @@ func executeStatus(t *migrate.Migrate) (*migrate.Status, error) {
 }
 
 func validateConfigV3Flags(cmd *cobra.Command, ec *cli.ExecutionContext) error {
-	if ec.Config.Version >= cli.V3 {
-		if !cmd.Flags().Changed("database-name") {
+	// for project using config older than v3, use PG source kind
+	if ec.Config.Version < cli.V3 {
+		ec.Source.Kind = hasura.SourceKindPG
+		if err := scripts.CheckIfUpdateToConfigV3IsRequired(ec); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// if --all-databases flag is present, ignore --database-name and showing UI prompt for choosing a single database
+	if cmd.Flags().Changed("all-databases") {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// for project using config equal to or greater than v3
+	// database-name flag is required when running in non-terminal mode
+	if (!ec.IsTerminal || ec.Config.DisableInteractive) && !cmd.Flags().Changed("database-name") {
 		return errDatabaseNameNotSet{"--database-name flag is required"}
-		} else {
-			// if database-name flag is set
+	}
+
+	// prompt UI for choosing database if source name is not set
+	if ec.Source.Name == "" {
+		databaseName, err := metadatautil.DatabaseChooserUI(ec.APIClient.V1Metadata.ExportMetadata)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		ec.Source.Name = databaseName
+	}
+
 	// find out the database kind by making a API call to server
 	// and update ec to include the database name and kind
 	sourceKind, err := metadatautil.GetSourceKind(ec.APIClient.V1Metadata.ExportMetadata, ec.Source.Name)
@@ -123,17 +149,10 @@ func validateConfigV3Flags(cmd *cobra.Command, ec *cli.ExecutionContext) error {
 	}
 	ec.Source.Kind = *sourceKind
 
+	// check if migration ops are supported for the database
 	if !migrate.IsMigrationsSupported(*sourceKind) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("migrations on source %s of kind %s is not supported", ec.Source.Name, *sourceKind)
 	}
-		}
-	} else {
-		// for project using config older than v3, use PG source kind
-		ec.Source.Kind = hasura.SourceKindPG
-		if err := scripts.CheckIfUpdateToConfigV3IsRequired(ec); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 

cli/commands/migrate_apply.go

@@ -58,16 +58,7 @@ func newMigrateApplyCmd(ec *cli.ExecutionContext) *cobra.Command {
   hasura migrate apply --down all`,
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			err := validateConfigV3Flags(cmd, ec)
-			// --database-name / --all-databases flag is required to be set
-			if _, ok := err.(errDatabaseNameNotSet); !ok {
-				return err
-			} else if ok {
-				if !cmd.Flags().Changed("all-databases") {
-					return fmt.Errorf("one of --database-name or --all-databases flag is required")
-				}
-			}
-			return nil
+			return validateConfigV3Flags(cmd, ec)
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			opts.Source = ec.Source

cli/commands/scripts_update_config_v3.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package commands
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/cli/internal/scripts"
 	"github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/cli/util"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"

cli/commands/seed.go

@@ -32,10 +32,30 @@ func NewSeedCmd(ec *cli.ExecutionContext) *cobra.Command {
 			if err := ec.Validate(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if ec.Config.Version >= cli.V3 {
-				if !cmd.Flags().Changed("database-name") {
+			// for project using config older than v3, use PG source kind
+			if ec.Config.Version < cli.V3 {
+				ec.Source.Kind = hasura.SourceKindPG
+				if err := scripts.CheckIfUpdateToConfigV3IsRequired(ec); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			// for project using config equal to or greater than v3
+			// database-name flag is required when running in non-terminal mode
+			if (!ec.IsTerminal || ec.Config.DisableInteractive) && !cmd.Flags().Changed("database-name") {
 				return errors.New("--database-name flag is required")
 			}
+
+			// prompt UI for choosing database if source name is not set
+			if ec.Source.Name == "" {
+				databaseName, err := metadatautil.DatabaseChooserUI(ec.APIClient.V1Metadata.ExportMetadata)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				ec.Source.Name = databaseName
+			}
+
 			sourceKind, err := metadatautil.GetSourceKind(ec.APIClient.V1Metadata.ExportMetadata, ec.Source.Name)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -44,17 +64,12 @@ func NewSeedCmd(ec *cli.ExecutionContext) *cobra.Command {
 				return fmt.Errorf("cannot determine source kind for %v", ec.Source.Name)
 			}
 			ec.Source.Kind = *sourceKind
+
 			// check if seed ops are supported for the database
 			if !seed.IsSeedsSupported(*sourceKind) {
 				return fmt.Errorf("seed operations on database %s of kind %s is not supported", ec.Source.Name, *sourceKind)
 			}
-			} else {
-				// for project using config older than v3, use PG source kind
-				ec.Source.Kind = hasura.SourceKindPG
-				if err := scripts.CheckIfUpdateToConfigV3IsRequired(ec); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
+
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
@@ -73,12 +88,14 @@ func NewSeedCmd(ec *cli.ExecutionContext) *cobra.Command {
 	f.MarkDeprecated("access-key", "use --admin-secret instead")
 	f.Bool("insecure-skip-tls-verify", false, "skip TLS verification and disable cert checking (default: false)")
 	f.String("certificate-authority", "", "path to a cert file for the certificate authority")
+	f.Bool("disable-interactive", false, "disables interactive prompts (default: false)")
 
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "endpoint", f.Lookup("endpoint"))
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "admin_secret", f.Lookup("admin-secret"))
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "access_key", f.Lookup("access-key"))
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "insecure_skip_tls_verify", f.Lookup("insecure-skip-tls-verify"))
 	util.BindPFlag(v, "certificate_authority", f.Lookup("certificate-authority"))
+	util.BindPFlag(v, "disable_interactive", f.Lookup("disable-interactive"))
 
 	return seedCmd
 }

cli/internal/metadatautil/sources.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package metadatautil
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
 	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml/parser"
 	"github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/cli/internal/hasura"
+	"github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/cli/util"
 )
 
 func getMetadataAsYaml(exportMetadata func() (io.Reader, error)) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -107,3 +109,19 @@ func GetSourcesAndKind(exportMetadata func() (io.Reader, error)) ([]Source, erro
 	}
 	return sources, nil
 }
+
+func DatabaseChooserUI(exportMetadata func() (io.Reader, error)) (string, error) {
+	sources, err := GetSources(exportMetadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to get available databases: %w", err)
+	}
+	if len(sources) == 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("no connected databases found in the server")
+	}
+	databaseName, err := util.GetSelectPrompt("Select a database to use", sources)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error in selecting a database to use: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return databaseName, nil
+}