add json string support to the cli's print command

this let's you print a json string.

cli/src/arguments.rs

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ pub(crate) enum Commands {
 			requires = "name"
 		)]
 		seperator: Option<char>,
+		#[arg(
+			long,
+			short,
+			conflicts_with = "url",
+			conflicts_with = "name",
+			conflicts_with = "seperator",
+			help = "print the data out as a json string"
+		)]
+		json: bool,
 	},
 	#[command(about = "add a site to the webring")]
 	Add {

cli/src/commands.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::path::Path;
 
+use shared::errors::ErrorStatus;
 use shared::names;
 use shared::{errors::Error, names::Site};
 
@@ -24,15 +25,31 @@ fn group_printing(seperator: &Option<char>, site: Site, group: &PrintGroup) {
 	log::info!("{}", string);
 }
 
+fn json_printing(site: Site) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	match serde_json::to_string(&site) {
+		Ok(json) => {
+			log::info!("{}", json);
+			Ok(())
+		}
+		Err(err) => Err(Error { status: ErrorStatus::ParsingError, data: err.to_string() }),
+	}
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn print(
 	path: &Path,
 	group: &PrintGroup,
 	seperator: &Option<char>,
+	json: bool,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
 	let names_file = names::read_names_file(path)?;
 	let names = names::load_names(names_file)?;
 
 	for site in names {
+		if json {
+			json_printing(site)?;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if !group.url && !group.name {
 			log::info!("{:?}", site);
 			continue;

cli/src/main.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	};
 
 	match &args.command {
-		Commands::Print { group, seperator } => print(path, group, seperator)?,
+		Commands::Print { group, seperator, json } => print(path, group, seperator, *json)?,
 		Commands::Add { url, name } => add(path, url, name)?,
 		Commands::Remove { url } => remove(path, url)?,
 	};