blog/content/2019/02/07/bat-understands-varlink-now.md

+++ title = "Bat understands varlink now" date = 2019-02-07T07:04:47+00:00 +++ Bat is a cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

My pull request for varlink syntax coloring was accepted today :-)

So, to display:

# The Varlink Service Interface is provided by every varlink service. It
# describes the service and the interfaces it implements.
interface org.varlink.service

# Get a list of all the interfaces a service provides and information
# about the implementation.
method GetInfo() -> (
  vendor: string,
  product: string,
  version: string,
  url: string,
  interfaces: []string
)

# Get the description of an interface that is implemented by this service.
method GetInterfaceDescription(interface: string) -> (description: string)

# The requested interface was not found.
error InterfaceNotFound (interface: string)

# The requested method was not found
error MethodNotFound (method: string)

# The interface defines the requested method, but the service does not
# implement it.
error MethodNotImplemented (method: string)

# One of the passed parameters is invalid.
error InvalidParameter (parameter: string)

it will look like this:

$ bat org.varlink.service.varlink
───────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       │ File: org.varlink.service.varlink
───────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   1   │ # The Varlink Service Interface is provided by every varlink service. It
   2   │ # describes the service and the interfaces it implements.
   3   │ interface org.varlink.service
   4   │ 
   5   │ # Get a list of all the interfaces a service provides and information
   6   │ # about the implementation.
   7   │ method GetInfo() -> (
   8   │   vendor: string,
   9   │   product: string,
  10   │   version: string,
  11   │   url: string,
  12   │   interfaces: []string
  13   │ )
  14   │ 
  15   │ # Get the description of an interface that is implemented by this service.
  16   │ method GetInterfaceDescription(interface: string) -> (description: string)
  17   │ 
  18   │ # The requested interface was not found.
  19   │ error InterfaceNotFound (interface: string)
  20   │ 
  21   │ # The requested method was not found
  22   │ error MethodNotFound (method: string)
  23   │ 
  24   │ # The interface defines the requested method, but the service does not
  25   │ # implement it.
  26   │ error MethodNotImplemented (method: string)
  27   │ 
  28   │ # One of the passed parameters is invalid.
  29   │ error InvalidParameter (parameter: string)
───────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────