feat(result_manager): Support JSON output and save option

README.md

@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ optional arguments:
   --hostip HOSTIP       search result for host
   --test TEST           search result for test
   --list                Display internal data
+  --json                Display data in json format
   --table               Result represented in tables
+  --save SAVE           Save output to file. Only valid for --list and --json
   --all-results         Display all test cases results. Default table view (Only valid with --table)
   --by-host             Provides summary of test results per device (Only valid with --table)
   --by-test             Provides summary of test results per test case (Only valid with --table)

anta/result_manager/__init__.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from typing import List, Any
 
 from anta.result_manager.models import ListResult, TestResult
+from anta.tools import pydantic_to_dict
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ def get_results(self, output_format: str = "native") -> Any:
             return list(self._result_entries)
 
         if output_format == "json":
-            return json.loads(str([result.json() for result in self._result_entries]))
+            return json.dumps(pydantic_to_dict(self._result_entries), indent=4)
 
         # Default return for native format.
         return self._result_entries

anta/tools.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+Toolkit for ANTA.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Union, Any
+from .inventory.models import InventoryDevices
+from .result_manager.models import ListResult
+
+# pylint: disable=W1309
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+
+def pydantic_to_dict(pydantic_list: Union[InventoryDevices, ListResult]) -> Any:
+    """
+    Convert Pydantic object into a dict
+
+    Mimic .dict() option from pydantic but overwrite IPv4Address nodes
+
+    Args:
+        pydantic_list: Iterable pydantic object
+
+    Returns:
+        dict: dictionary object
+    """
+    result = []
+    for device in pydantic_list:
+        dev_dict = {k: str(v) for k, v in device}
+        result.append(dev_dict)
+    return result

scripts/check-devices.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 from rich.logging import RichHandler
 from rich.panel import Panel
 from rich.pretty import pprint
+from rich import print_json
 
 import anta.loader
 from anta.inventory import AntaInventory
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ def cli_manager() -> argparse.Namespace:
                         default='examples/inventory.yml', help='ANTA Inventory file')
 
     parser.add_argument('--catalog', '-c', required=False,
-                        default='examples/tests_custom.yaml', help='ANTA Tests cagtalog')
+                        default='examples/tests_custom.yaml', help='ANTA Tests catalog')
 
     #############################
     # Device connectivity
@@ -102,10 +103,18 @@ def cli_manager() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser.add_argument('--list', required=False, action='store_true',
                         help='Display internal data')
 
+    parser.add_argument('--json', required=False, action='store_true',
+                        help='Display data in json format')
+
     # Display result using a table (default is TRUE)
     parser.add_argument('--table', required=False, action='store_true',
                         help='Result represented in tables')
 
+    #############################
+    # Options for saving outputs
+    parser.add_argument('--save', required=False,
+                        default=None, help='Save output to file. Only valid for --list and --json')
+
     #############################
     # Options for table report
 
@@ -174,12 +183,23 @@ def cli_manager() -> argparse.Namespace:
     if cli_options.list:
         console.print(Panel('List results of all tests', style='cyan'))
         pprint(manager.get_results(output_format="list"))
+        if cli_options.save is not None:
+            with open(cli_options.save, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fout:
+                fout.write(str(manager.get_results(output_format="list")))
+
+    if cli_options.json:
+        console.print(Panel('JSON results of all tests', style='cyan'))
+        print_json(manager.get_results(output_format="json"))
+        if cli_options.save is not None:
+            with open(cli_options.save, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fout:
+                fout.write(manager.get_results(output_format="json"))
 
     if cli_options.table:
         reporter = ReportTable()
         if cli_options.all_results or (not cli_options.by_test and not cli_options.by_host):
             console.print(reporter.report_all(result_manager=manager,
                           host=cli_options.hostip, testcase=cli_options.test))
+
         # To print only report per Test case
         if cli_options.by_test:
             console.print(reporter.report_summary_tests(