TUI option for task selection

[charudatta10]

A terminal user interface to select task similar to one implemented in just using just --choose command. I had implemented ad-hoc solution as follow:

@task
def default(c):
    # Run `invoke --list` to get a list of tasks
    result = subprocess.run(['invoke', '--list'], capture_output=True, text=True)
    tasks_output = result.stdout

    # Parse the tasks from the output
    tasks = []
    for line in tasks_output.split('\n'):
        if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith('Available tasks'):
            task_name = line.strip().split(' ')[0]
            tasks.append(task_name)

    # Display tasks to the user
    print("Choose a task:")
    for i, task_name in enumerate(tasks, 1):
        print(f"{i}: {task_name}")

    # User selects a task
    choice = int(input("Enter the number of your choice: "))
    task_name = tasks[choice - 1]
    c.run(f"invoke {task_name}")

looking for native solution

[charudatta10]

Updated code to get task

@task(default=True)
def default(ctx):
    # Get a list of tasks
    tasks = [task.__name__ for task in ns.tasks.values()]
    # Display tasks and prompt user
    for i, task_name in enumerate(tasks, 1):
        print(f"{i}: {task_name}")
    choice = int(input("Enter the number of your choice: "))
    ctx.run(f"invoke {tasks[choice - 1]}")

[charudatta10]

With TUI selection using inquirer

@task(default=True) 
def default(ctx): 
# Discover tasks in the collection 
tasks = sorted(ns.tasks.keys()) 
# Generate the interactive menu 
questions = [ inquirer.List( 'task', message="Choose a task to run", choices=tasks, ), ] 
answers = inquirer.prompt(questions) 
if answers: 
ctx.run(f"invoke {answers['task']}")

[charudatta10]

With List comprehension:

@task(default=True)
def default(ctx):
    # Get a list of tasks
    tasks = sorted(ns.tasks.keys())
    # Display tasks and prompt user
    [ print(f"{i}: {task_name}") for i, task_name in enumerate(tasks, 1) ]
    choice = int(input("Enter the number of your choice: "))
    ctx.run(f"invoke {tasks[choice - 1]}")