#include "command.hh" #include "common-args.hh" #include "shared.hh" #include "store-api.hh" #include "eval.hh" #include "eval-inline.hh" #include "json.hh" #include "value-to-json.hh" #include "progress-bar.hh" using namespace nix; struct CmdEval : MixJSON, InstallableCommand { bool raw = false; std::optional apply; std::optional writeTo; CmdEval() { mkFlag(0, "raw", "print strings unquoted", &raw); addFlag({ .longName = "apply", .description = "apply a function to each argument", .labels = {"expr"}, .handler = {&apply}, }); addFlag({ .longName = "write-to", .description = "write a string or attrset of strings to 'path'", .labels = {"path"}, .handler = {&writeTo}, }); } std::string description() override { return "evaluate a Nix expression"; } Examples examples() override { return { { "To evaluate a Nix expression given on the command line:", "nix eval --expr '1 + 2'" }, { "To evaluate a Nix expression from a file or URI:", "nix eval -f ./my-nixpkgs hello.name" }, { "To get the current version of Nixpkgs:", "nix eval --raw nixpkgs#lib.version" }, { "To print the store path of the Hello package:", "nix eval --raw nixpkgs#hello" }, { "To get a list of checks in the 'nix' flake:", "nix eval nix#checks.x86_64-linux --apply builtins.attrNames" }, }; } Category category() override { return catSecondary; } void run(ref store) override { if (raw && json) throw UsageError("--raw and --json are mutually exclusive"); auto state = getEvalState(); auto [v, pos] = installable->toValue(*state); PathSet context; if (apply) { auto vApply = state->allocValue(); state->eval(state->parseExprFromString(*apply, absPath(".")), *vApply); auto vRes = state->allocValue(); state->callFunction(*vApply, *v, *vRes, noPos); v = vRes; } if (writeTo) { stopProgressBar(); if (pathExists(*writeTo)) throw Error("path '%s' already exists", *writeTo); std::function recurse; recurse = [&](Value & v, const Pos & pos, const Path & path) { state->forceValue(v); if (v.type == tString) // FIXME: disallow strings with contexts? writeFile(path, v.string.s); else if (v.type == tAttrs) { if (mkdir(path.c_str(), 0777) == -1) throw SysError("creating directory '%s'", path); for (auto & attr : *v.attrs) try { if (attr.name == "." || attr.name == "..") throw Error("invalid file name '%s'", attr.name); recurse(*attr.value, *attr.pos, path + "/" + std::string(attr.name)); } catch (Error & e) { e.addTrace(*attr.pos, hintfmt("while evaluating the attribute '%s'", attr.name)); throw; } } else throw TypeError("value at '%s' is not a string or an attribute set", pos); }; recurse(*v, pos, *writeTo); } else if (raw) { stopProgressBar(); std::cout << state->coerceToString(noPos, *v, context); } else if (json) { JSONPlaceholder jsonOut(std::cout); printValueAsJSON(*state, true, *v, jsonOut, context); } else { state->forceValueDeep(*v); logger->cout("%s", *v); } } }; static auto rCmdEval = registerCommand("eval");