Reformatting code and formatting output to JSON

README.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Get K8s Resources
 =================
 
-The `get_k8s_resources` script is a small script that will return a list of all instances of a certain kubernetes type.
+The `get_k8s_resources` script is a small script that will return a list of all instances of a certain kubernetes type `JSON` formatted.
 
 Usage
 -----

get-k8s-resources.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 import sys
+import json
 import argparse
 from kubernetes import client, config
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ def get_deployments(api, namespace):
     else:
         deployments = api.list_deployment_for_all_namespaces()
 
-    print_list(deployments)
+    return deployments
 
 
 def get_pods(api, namespace):
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def get_pods(api, namespace):
     else:
         pods = api.list_pod_for_all_namespaces()
 
-    print_list(pods)
+    return pods
 
 
 def get_services(api, namespace):
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ def get_services(api, namespace):
     else:
         services = api.list_service_for_all_namespaces()
 
-    print_list(services)
+    return services
 
 
 def get_ingresses(api, namespace):
@@ -70,7 +71,11 @@ def get_ingresses(api, namespace):
     else:
         ingresses = api.list_ingress_for_all_namespaces()
 
-    print_list(ingresses)
+    return ingresses
+
+
+def json_dump(object_list):
+    return json.dumps(object_list)
 
         
 def print_list(k8s_object_list):
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ def print_list(k8s_object_list):
     for k8s_object in k8s_object_list.items:
         _k8s_object_list.append(k8s_object.metadata.name)
 
-    print(_k8s_object_list)
+    print(json_dump(_k8s_object_list))
 
 
 def get_extensions(api):
@@ -125,7 +130,8 @@ def main():
     api = None
     if parser.type in k8s_types.keys():
         api = k8s_types[parser.type]["api"](_client)
-        k8s_types[parser.type]["function"](api, parser.namespace)
+        k8s_object_list = k8s_types[parser.type]["function"](api, parser.namespace)
+        print_list(k8s_object_list)
 
 
 def argumentparser():