CLI with text output

[CobusT]

I love this.
Could you add txt as an output type for the CLI? Or even console?
That would allow me to use a function in Observable with a notebook like this:
https://observablehq.com/@cobus/prerender-test

[asg017]

Yo thanks for the feature request! This seems totally reasonable. It seems like adding a new --stdout flag and --format text option would be best, like this:

# Write output to sample.txt
$ observable-prerender @cobus/pretender-test output \
   --redefine inputData:bbb 
   --format text --out sample.txt

# Write output to stdout
$ observable-prerender @cobus/pretender-test output \
   --redefine inputData:bbb 
   --format text --stdout

I've got a couple changes/features coming in soon along with this, so may take some time until I get this feature in. As a workaround, you can create a script that uses the node API to do what you want (which you have in that notebook).

[CobusT]

That would be awesome!
Thanks

[asg017]

Update: v0.3.0 Now has this functionality. If you pass in "-" as the output file name, it will print the data to stdout. --format txt or --format text is an option as well.

For your example:

$ observable-prerender @cobus/prerender-test output --redefine inputData:yoo --format txt --out -
You passed in yoo

To update your observable-prerender version:

npm i -g @alex.garcia/observable-prerender@v0.3.0

Let me know if it works! Planning to add some --format json and other misc options soon as well.

[CobusT]

Awesome. It works!!!