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ashlar_debug/
lib.rs

1//! `ashlar-debug`: drive a running ashlar app's UI from the shell, the way a browser automation CLI
2//! drives a web page: snapshot the UI as an outline with short refs (`@e3`), act on refs, wait,
3//! read values, take (annotated) screenshots, and run scripts of these as UI tests.
4//!
5//! ```text
6//! ashlar-debug open ./target/debug/notes        # launch with a control port, remember the session
7//! ashlar-debug snapshot -i                      # - button "Save" [ref=e3] …
8//! ashlar-debug click @e3
9//! ashlar-debug fill @e2 "Groceries" --submit
10//! ashlar-debug wait --text "Saved"
11//! ashlar-debug screenshot --annotate            # prints the PNG's path
12//! ashlar-debug batch ui-test.txt                # one command per line, plus `assert …` lines
13//! ashlar-debug close
14//! ```
15//!
16//! Every command is one control-protocol call (`docs/control-protocol.md`) over
17//! [`ashlar_control::Client`]. Human output by default, `--json` for one `{"ok":…}` line; exit codes
18//! 0 (ok), 1 (failed: the app said no, an assertion failed, nothing answers), 2 (usage).
19//!
20//! The library is the whole CLI ([`run`]) so tests and other tools can embed it; [`demo`] is a
21//! deterministic stand-in app that answers the same methods.
22#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]
23
24mod batch;
25pub mod demo;
26pub mod session;
27pub mod target;
28mod verbs;
29pub mod words;
30
31use std::io::{BufRead, Write};
32use std::path::PathBuf;
33use std::time::Duration;
34
35use ashlar_control::{Client, ControlError};
36use serde_json::{Value, json};
37
38pub use session::Env;
39use words::Args;
40
41/// How a command ended.
42#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
43pub enum Exit {
44    Ok,
45    /// The app refused, an assertion failed, or nothing answered.
46    Failed,
47    /// Bad arguments.
48    Usage,
49}
50
51impl Exit {
52    pub fn code(self) -> u8 {
53        match self {
54            Exit::Ok => 0,
55            Exit::Failed => 1,
56            Exit::Usage => 2,
57        }
58    }
59}
60
61impl From<Exit> for std::process::ExitCode {
62    fn from(e: Exit) -> Self {
63        std::process::ExitCode::from(e.code())
64    }
65}
66
67/// The streams a command uses (real stdio in `main`, buffers in tests).
68pub struct Io<'a> {
69    pub input: &'a mut dyn BufRead,
70    pub out: &'a mut dyn Write,
71    pub err: &'a mut dyn Write,
72}
73
74/// A command's success: the machine result (`--json`) and the human text.
75#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
76pub(crate) struct Done {
77    pub result: Value,
78    pub text: String,
79}
80
81impl Done {
82    pub fn new(result: Value, text: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
83        Self { result, text: text.into() }
84    }
85}
86
87/// A command's failure.
88#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
89pub(crate) enum Fail {
90    /// Bad arguments: the message and the verb's usage line.
91    Usage(String, String),
92    /// Everything else: the message, machine detail, and a hint for humans.
93    Failed { error: String, detail: Option<Value>, hint: Option<String> },
94}
95
96impl Fail {
97    pub fn msg(e: impl std::fmt::Display) -> Self {
98        Fail::Failed { error: e.to_string(), detail: None, hint: None }
99    }
100
101    pub fn text(&self) -> String {
102        match self {
103            Fail::Usage(m, _) => m.clone(),
104            Fail::Failed { error, .. } => error.clone(),
105        }
106    }
107
108    /// From a control call: hints for stale refs and methods the app does not answer.
109    pub fn control(method: &str, e: ControlError) -> Self {
110        match e {
111            ControlError::Remote { error, detail } => {
112                let kind = detail.as_ref().and_then(|d| d.get("kind")).and_then(Value::as_str).unwrap_or("");
113                let hint = if kind == "stale_ref" || error.starts_with("stale_ref") {
114                    Some("refs come from the latest snapshot: run `ashlar-debug snapshot` again".to_string())
115                } else if error.starts_with("unknown method") {
116                    Some(format!("this app does not answer `{method}`; `ashlar-debug status` lists what it does"))
117                } else {
118                    None
119                };
120                Fail::Failed { error, detail, hint }
121            }
122            other => Fail::Failed {
123                error: other.to_string(),
124                detail: None,
125                hint: Some("is the app still running? `ashlar-debug status` checks the session".into()),
126            },
127        }
128    }
129}
130
131pub(crate) type Res = Result<Done, Fail>;
132
133/// One invocation's state: options, the session it talks to, the connection once made.
134pub(crate) struct Ctx<'e, 'io, 'a> {
135    pub env: &'e Env,
136    pub io: &'io mut Io<'a>,
137    pub json: bool,
138    pub session: String,
139    pub port: Option<u16>,
140    pub key_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
141    pub app: Option<String>,
142    /// Longest wait for one reply.
143    pub timeout: Duration,
144    pub conn: Option<Client>,
145    /// Inside `batch` (no nested batches; step output is quieter).
146    pub in_batch: bool,
147}
148
149const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
150
151/// `(verb, usage, about)` for help and usage errors.
152pub(crate) const VERBS: &[(&str, &str, &str)] = &[
153    ("open", "open <exe> [--wait MS] [--no-raise] [-- app-args…]", "launch an app with a control port and remember it as the session"),
154    ("connect", "connect <port> [--no-raise]", "remember an app already running with `--control <port>`"),
155    ("close", "close [--quit]", "quit the app `open` started (or forget a connected one; --quit quits it too)"),
156    ("status", "status", "the session and the app's name, version and methods"),
157    ("sessions", "sessions", "every recorded session and whether it answers"),
158    ("snapshot", "snapshot [-i] [--scope T] [--depth N] [-c]", "the UI as an outline with refs (-i: interactive elements only)"),
159    ("click", "click <T> [--button primary|secondary|middle] [--count N] [--mods Shift+Mod]", "click an element"),
160    ("dblclick", "dblclick <T>", "double-click an element"),
161    ("hover", "hover <T>", "move the pointer over an element"),
162    ("focus", "focus <T>", "give an element keyboard focus"),
163    ("fill", "fill <T> <text> [--submit]", "replace a text field's contents (--submit presses Enter)"),
164    ("type", "type <text>", "type text into the focused element"),
165    ("press", "press <keys>", "press a chord or a sequence: Mod+S, \"Tab Tab Enter\""),
166    ("scroll", "scroll [T] [up|down|left|right] [px] | --dx N --dy N", "scroll (over an element, or the window)"),
167    ("scrollintoview", "scrollintoview <T>", "scroll until an element is visible"),
168    ("drag", "drag <from> <to> [--steps N]", "press on one element, move, release on another"),
169    ("get", "get <text|value|name|role|rect|enabled|visible|focused|checked|selected|element> <T>", "read one property of an element"),
170    (
171        "wait",
172        "wait <T | ms> | --text S | --gone T | --enabled T | --idle  [--timeout MS]",
173        "wait for an element, text, its absence, enablement, or an idle app",
174    ),
175    ("screenshot", "screenshot [path.png] [--target T] [--annotate] [--highlight T] [--pad N] [--no-raise]", "save a PNG and print its path"),
176    ("highlight", "highlight <T> [--ms N]", "flash an outline around an element in the live app"),
177    ("exec", "exec <command> [json|-]", "run one of the app's commands"),
178    ("commands", "commands [query]", "list the app's commands"),
179    ("menu", "menu [id]", "print the menu tree, or invoke the item `id`"),
180    ("logs", "logs [--lines N] [--level LEVEL]", "the app's recent log lines"),
181    ("stats", "stats [--reset]", "the app's frame and job statistics"),
182    ("devtools", "devtools [open|close|toggle|state]", "the in-app inspector"),
183    ("call", "call <method> [json|-]", "any control method, raw"),
184    ("batch", "batch <file|-> [--verbose]", "run a script of these commands and `assert` lines; stops at the first failure"),
185    ("trace", "trace start <dir> | trace stop", "record a screenshot and snapshot after every action"),
186    ("demo", "demo [--control PORT]", "serve a small stand-in app (for trying the CLI and for tests)"),
187    ("version", "version", "print the version"),
188];
189
190pub(crate) fn usage_of(verb: &str) -> String {
191    VERBS.iter().find(|v| v.0 == verb).map_or_else(String::new, |v| format!("ashlar-debug {}", v.1))
192}
193
194fn help(out: &mut dyn Write) {
195    let _ = writeln!(out, "ashlar-debug {}: drive a running app's UI\n", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
196    let _ = writeln!(out, "usage: ashlar-debug [--session NAME | --port N [--key-dir D] | --app NAME] [--json] [--call-timeout MS] <command>\n");
197    for (_, usage, about) in VERBS {
198        let _ = writeln!(out, "  {usage}\n      {about}");
199    }
200    let _ = writeln!(
201        out,
202        "\nTargets (T): @e3 or e3 (a ref from the latest snapshot), id=<automation id>, text=<label>,\n\
203         <role>=<label> (button=Save), or x,y in window points.\n\
204         Exit codes: 0 ok, 1 failed, 2 usage. --json prints one {{\"ok\":…}} line.\n\
205         Apps that render screenshots off screen (ashlar-app does) are driven while covered or minimized;\n\
206         others have a covered window raised once for a screenshot. --no-raise (on open, connect or\n\
207         screenshot) or ASHLAR_DEBUG_NO_RAISE=1 never raises it, for runs that must not steal focus."
208    );
209}
210
211/// Run one invocation (`args` without the program name).
212pub fn run(args: Vec<String>, env: &Env, io: &mut Io<'_>) -> Exit {
213    let shown = args.clone();
214    let mut a = Args::new(args);
215    let json = a.flag(&["--json"]);
216    let parsed = (|| -> Result<_, String> {
217        let session = a.value(&["--session"])?.unwrap_or_else(|| env.session.clone());
218        let port = a.number::<u16>(&["--port"])?;
219        let key_dir = a.value(&["--key-dir"])?.map(PathBuf::from);
220        let app = a.value(&["--app"])?;
221        let timeout = a.number::<u64>(&["--call-timeout"])?.map(Duration::from_millis);
222        Ok((session, port, key_dir, app, timeout))
223    })();
224    let (session, port, key_dir, app, timeout) = match parsed {
225        Ok(p) => p,
226        Err(e) => return finish(json, io, Err(Fail::Usage(e, "ashlar-debug --help".into()))),
227    };
228    if let Err(e) = session::check_name(&session) {
229        return finish(json, io, Err(Fail::Usage(e, "ashlar-debug --help".into())));
230    }
231    let Some(verb) = a.positional() else {
232        if a.flag(&["--help", "-h"]) || a.flag(&["--version", "-V"]) {
233            help(io.out);
234            return Exit::Ok;
235        }
236        help(io.err);
237        return Exit::Usage;
238    };
239    let mut ctx = Ctx { env, io, json, session, port, key_dir, app, timeout: timeout.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT), conn: None, in_batch: false };
240    let r = ctx.run_verb(&verb, a, &shown);
241    finish(json, ctx.io, r)
242}
243
244/// Print a command's outcome and turn it into an exit code.
245pub(crate) fn finish(json: bool, io: &mut Io<'_>, r: Res) -> Exit {
246    match r {
247        Ok(d) => {
248            if json {
249                let _ = writeln!(io.out, "{}", json!({"ok": true, "result": d.result}));
250            } else if !d.text.is_empty() {
251                let _ = writeln!(io.out, "{}", d.text.trim_end_matches('\n'));
252            }
253            Exit::Ok
254        }
255        Err(Fail::Usage(msg, usage)) => {
256            if json {
257                let _ = writeln!(io.out, "{}", json!({"ok": false, "error": msg}));
258            }
259            let _ = writeln!(io.err, "error: {msg}\nusage: {usage}");
260            Exit::Usage
261        }
262        Err(Fail::Failed { error, detail, hint }) => {
263            if json {
264                let mut o = json!({"ok": false, "error": error});
265                if let Some(d) = detail {
266                    o["detail"] = d;
267                }
268                let _ = writeln!(io.out, "{o}");
269            } else {
270                let _ = writeln!(io.err, "error: {error}");
271                if let Some(h) = hint {
272                    let _ = writeln!(io.err, "hint: {h}");
273                }
274            }
275            Exit::Failed
276        }
277    }
278}
279
280/// `main` for the binary: process arguments, real stdio, the OS environment.
281pub fn main() -> std::process::ExitCode {
282    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().skip(1).collect();
283    let env = Env::from_os();
284    let (stdin, stdout, stderr) = (std::io::stdin(), std::io::stdout(), std::io::stderr());
285    let (mut i, mut o, mut e) = (stdin.lock(), stdout.lock(), stderr.lock());
286    run(args, &env, &mut Io { input: &mut i, out: &mut o, err: &mut e }).into()
287}