feat: add argument to output answers as json

Cargo.lock

@@ -651,6 +651,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.147"
@@ -976,10 +982,16 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.164"
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e8c8cf938e98f769bc164923b06dce91cea1751522f46f8466461af04c9027d"
+checksum = "1ad4cc8da4ef723ed60bced201181d83791ad433213d8c24efffda1eec85d741"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.179"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a5bf42b8d227d4abf38a1ddb08602e229108a517cd4e5bb28f9c7eaafdce5c0"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -996,15 +1008,26 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.164"
+version = "1.0.179"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9735b638ccc51c28bf6914d90a2e9725b377144fc612c49a611fddd1b631d68"
+checksum = "741e124f5485c7e60c03b043f79f320bff3527f4bbf12cf3831750dc46a0ec2c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.27",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.105"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "693151e1ac27563d6dbcec9dee9fbd5da8539b20fa14ad3752b2e6d363ace360"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_repr"
 version = "0.1.16"
@@ -1170,6 +1193,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "notify-rust",
  "serde",
  "serde_cbor",
+ "serde_json",
  "signal-hook",
  "thiserror",
 ]

Cargo.toml

@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ libc = "0.2.147"
 notify-rust = "4.8.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.164", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_cbor = "0.11.2"
+serde_json = "1.0.105"
 signal-hook = "0.3.17"
 thiserror = "1.0.44"

src/cli.rs

@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 pub struct Cli {
     #[command(subcommand)]
     pub command: Command,
+
     #[arg(short, long)]
     #[clap(default_value_t = format!("{}/timers.socket", run_path()))]
     pub socket: String,
+    
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub json: bool
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]

src/main.rs

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         }
     };
     let answer = send_command(&args.socket, daemon_command)?;
+    if args.json {
+        println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&answer)?)  
+    } else {
         print!("{}", answer);
+    };
     Ok(())
 }