Json output for the kiota info command

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added support for multiple content type request bodies. [#3377](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/3377)
 - Added support for multiple content type responses. [#3377](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/3377)
 - Support for primary error message in Python [#3277](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/3277)
+- Added a json output for the `kiota info` command
 
 ### Changed
 

src/kiota/Handlers/KiotaInfoCommandHandler.cs

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 using System.CommandLine.IO;
 using System.CommandLine.Rendering;
 using System.CommandLine.Rendering.Views;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Kiota.Builder;
 using Kiota.Builder.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.OpenApi.Writers;
 
 namespace kiota.Handlers;
 internal class KiotaInfoCommandHandler : KiotaSearchBasedCommandHandler
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ public required Option<string> ManifestOption
     {
         get; init;
     }
+    public required Option<bool> JsonOption
+    {
+        get; init;
+    }
 
     public override async Task<int> InvokeAsync(InvocationContext context)
     {
@@ -47,6 +53,7 @@ public override async Task<int> InvokeAsync(InvocationContext context)
         bool clearCache = context.ParseResult.GetValueForOption(ClearCacheOption);
         string searchTerm = context.ParseResult.GetValueForOption(SearchTermOption) ?? string.Empty;
         string version = context.ParseResult.GetValueForOption(VersionOption) ?? string.Empty;
+        bool json = context.ParseResult.GetValueForOption(JsonOption);
         GenerationLanguage? language = context.ParseResult.GetValueForOption(GenerationLanguage);
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = context.BindingContext.GetService(typeof(CancellationToken)) is CancellationToken token ? token : CancellationToken.None;
         var (loggerFactory, logger) = GetLoggerAndFactory<KiotaBuilder>(context);
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@ public override async Task<int> InvokeAsync(InvocationContext context)
                     return 1;
 #endif
                 }
-            ShowLanguageInformation(language.Value, instructions);
+            ShowLanguageInformation(language.Value, instructions, json);
             return 0;
         }
     }
@@ -112,15 +119,25 @@ private void ShowLanguagesTable()
         var layout = new StackLayoutView { view };
         console.Append(layout);
     }
-    private void ShowLanguageInformation(GenerationLanguage language, LanguagesInformation informationSource)
+    private void ShowLanguageInformation(GenerationLanguage language, LanguagesInformation informationSource, bool json)
     {
         if (informationSource.TryGetValue(language.ToString(), out var languageInformation))
         {
-            DisplayInfo($"The language {language} is currently in {languageInformation.MaturityLevel} maturity level.",
-                        "After generating code for this language, you need to install the following packages:");
-            foreach (var dependency in languageInformation.Dependencies)
+            if (!json)
+            {
+                DisplayInfo($"The language {language} is currently in {languageInformation.MaturityLevel} maturity level.",
+                            "After generating code for this language, you need to install the following packages:");
+                foreach (var dependency in languageInformation.Dependencies)
+                {
+                    DisplayInfo(string.Format(dependency.Name, dependency.Version));
+                }
+            }
+            else
             {
-                DisplayInfo(string.Format(languageInformation.DependencyInstallCommand, dependency.Name, dependency.Version));
+                using TextWriter sWriter = new StringWriter();
+                OpenApiJsonWriter writer = new(sWriter);
+                languageInformation.SerializeAsV3(writer);
+                DisplayInfo(sWriter.ToString()!);
             }
         }
         else

src/kiota/KiotaHost.cs

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ private static Command GetInfoCommand()
         var clearCacheOption = GetClearCacheOption(defaultGenerationConfiguration.ClearCache);
         var searchTermOption = GetSearchKeyOption();
         var languageOption = new Option<GenerationLanguage?>("--language", "The target language for the dependencies instructions.");
+        var jsonOption = new Option<bool>("--json", "The target language for the dependencies instructions.");
         languageOption.AddAlias("-l");
         AddEnumValidator(languageOption, "language");
         var infoCommand = new Command("info", "Displays information about the languages supported by kiota and dependencies to add in your project.") {
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ private static Command GetInfoCommand()
             clearCacheOption,
             searchTermOption,
             languageOption,
+            jsonOption,
         };
         infoCommand.Handler = new KiotaInfoCommandHandler
         {
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ private static Command GetInfoCommand()
             ClearCacheOption = clearCacheOption,
             SearchTermOption = searchTermOption,
             GenerationLanguage = languageOption,
+            JsonOption = jsonOption,
         };
         return infoCommand;
     }