Interest in generic object API class

[ddgenome]

I've created a generic Kubernetes object API class that allows you to pass any valid Kubernetes spec object to the action, e.g., create/delete/list/patch, that you want to perform.

https://github.com/atomist/sdm-pack-k8s/blob/43f41c251527f42fd9859453c582ee878af1bb96/lib/kubernetes/api.ts

This allows you to more easily perform tasks equivalent to kubectl create|apply|delete using the SDK.

You can see how it can be used to mimic the functionality of kubectl apply here:

https://github.com/atomist/sdm-pack-k8s/blob/43f41c251527f42fd9859453c582ee878af1bb96/lib/kubernetes/apply.ts

Is there any interest in incorporating this functionality into this repo's official Kubernetes JavaScript/Node.js client?

[brendandburns]

Sure, this looks very useful. We'd welcome a PR.

Can you include an example of how to use it for the examples directory as well?

Thanks!

[ddgenome]

Sounds good. I'll start work on it.

[travisghansen]

This. Also generic watches (that reconnect and detect dead peers) by simply passing the endpoint without all the autogenerated garbage.

[binura-g]

@ddgenome This is extremely useful, thanks! 💯

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[ddgenome]

I did not include a generic list or watch for the initial PR. List didn't seem to make sense, since if you have a spec, you'd read not list. As this was already delayed several months due to availability, I did not want to further delay it figuring out how to do a generic watch.

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