Build set request from a prototext file

pkg/app/set.go

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ func (a *App) InitSetFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetRequestFile, "request-file", "", []string{}, "set request template file(s)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetRequestVars, "request-vars", "", "", "set request variables file")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetDryRun, "dry-run", "", false, "prints the set request without initiating a gRPC connection")
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetRequestProtoFile, "proto-file", "", []string{}, "set request from prototext file")
 	//
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetReplaceCli, "replace-cli", "", []string{}, "a cli command to be sent as a set replace request")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.SetReplaceCliFile, "replace-cli-file", "", "", "path to a file containing a list of commands that will be sent as a set replace request")

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ type LocalFlags struct {
 	SetTarget            string   `mapstructure:"set-target,omitempty" json:"set-target,omitempty" yaml:"set-target,omitempty"`
 	SetRequestFile       []string `mapstructure:"set-request-file,omitempty" json:"set-request-file,omitempty" yaml:"set-request-file,omitempty"`
 	SetRequestVars       string   `mapstructure:"set-request-vars,omitempty" json:"set-request-vars,omitempty" yaml:"set-request-vars,omitempty"`
+	SetRequestProtoFile  []string `mapstructure:"set-proto-request-file,omitempty" yaml:"set-proto-request-file,omitempty" json:"set-proto-request-file,omitempty"`
 	SetDryRun            bool     `mapstructure:"set-dry-run,omitempty" json:"set-dry-run,omitempty" yaml:"set-dry-run,omitempty"`
 	SetReplaceCli        []string `mapstructure:"set-replace-cli,omitempty" yaml:"set-replace-cli,omitempty" json:"set-replace-cli,omitempty"`
 	SetReplaceCliFile    string   `mapstructure:"set-replace-cli-file,omitempty" yaml:"set-replace-cli-file,omitempty" json:"set-replace-cli-file,omitempty"`
@@ -583,6 +584,9 @@ func (c *Config) execValueTemplate(tplString string, input interface{}) (string,
 }
 
 func (c *Config) CreateSetRequest(targetName string) ([]*gnmi.SetRequest, error) {
+	if len(c.SetRequestProtoFile) > 0 {
+		return c.CreateSetRequestFromProtoFile()
+	}
 	if len(c.SetRequestFile) > 0 {
 		return c.CreateSetRequestFromFile(targetName)
 	}
@@ -854,7 +858,8 @@ func (c *Config) ValidateSetInput() error {
 		len(c.LocalFlags.SetReplaceCli) == 0 &&
 		len(c.LocalFlags.SetUpdateCli) == 0 &&
 		len(c.LocalFlags.SetReplaceCliFile) == 0 &&
-		len(c.LocalFlags.SetUpdateCliFile) == 0 {
+		len(c.LocalFlags.SetUpdateCliFile) == 0 &&
+		len(c.LocalFlags.SetRequestProtoFile) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("no paths or request file provided")
 	}
 	if len(c.LocalFlags.SetUpdateFile) > 0 && len(c.LocalFlags.SetUpdateValue) > 0 {

pkg/config/set.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/prototext"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	"github.com/openconfig/gnmi/proto/gnmi"
@@ -235,3 +236,20 @@ type templateInput struct {
 	TargetName string
 	Vars       map[string]interface{}
 }
+
+func (c *Config) CreateSetRequestFromProtoFile() ([]*gnmi.SetRequest, error) {
+	reqs := make([]*gnmi.SetRequest, 0, len(c.SetRequestProtoFile))
+	for _, r := range c.SetRequestProtoFile {
+		b, err := os.ReadFile(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		req := new(gnmi.SetRequest)
+		err = prototext.Unmarshal(b, req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		reqs = append(reqs, req)
+	}
+	return reqs, nil
+}