CLI: add descirbe workflow execution (#636)

* CLI: add descirbe workflow execution

* Change frontend validate runid, make wf desc runid optional

* Pretty output for pendingActivity

service/frontend/handler.go

@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ func (wh *WorkflowHandler) validateExecution(w *gen.WorkflowExecution, scope int
 	if w.WorkflowId == nil || w.GetWorkflowId() == "" {
 		return wh.error(errWorkflowIDNotSet, scope)
 	}
-	if w.RunId != nil && uuid.Parse(*w.RunId) == nil {
+	if w.GetRunId() != "" && uuid.Parse(w.GetRunId()) == nil {
 		return wh.error(errInvalidRunID, scope)
 	}
 	return nil

tools/cli/README.md

@@ -84,12 +84,24 @@ User need to run `show` to view workflow history/progress.
 # a shortcut of this is (without -w -r flag)
 ./cadence workflow showid 3ea6b242-b23c-4279-bb13-f215661b4717 866ae14c-88cf-4f1e-980f-571e031d71b0
 
-# if run_id is not provided, it will show the latest run history for that workflow_id
+# if run_id is not provided, it will show the latest run history of that workflow_id
 ./cadence workflow show -w 3ea6b242-b23c-4279-bb13-f215661b4717
 # a shortcut of this is
 ./cadence workflow showid 3ea6b242-b23c-4279-bb13-f215661b4717
 ```
 
+- Show workflow execution info
+```
+./cadence workflow descibe -w 3ea6b242-b23c-4279-bb13-f215661b4717 -r 866ae14c-88cf-4f1e-980f-571e031d71b0
+# a shortcut of this is (without -w -r flag)
+./cadence workflow descibeid 3ea6b242-b23c-4279-bb13-f215661b4717 866ae14c-88cf-4f1e-980f-571e031d71b0
+
+# if run_id is not provided, it will show the latest workflow execution of that workflow_id
+./cadence workflow descibe -w 3ea6b242-b23c-4279-bb13-f215661b4717
+# a shortcut of this is
+./cadence workflow descibeid 3ea6b242-b23c-4279-bb13-f215661b4717
+```
+
 - List closed or open workflow executions
 ```
 ./cadence workflow list

tools/cli/commands.go

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func showHistoryHelper(c *cli.Context, wid, rid string) {
 			table.Append([]string{strconv.FormatInt(e.GetEventId(), 10), strconv.FormatInt(e.GetTimestamp(), 10), ColorEvent(e), HistoryEventToString(e)})
 		} else if printDateTime {
 			table.Append([]string{strconv.FormatInt(e.GetEventId(), 10), convertTime(e.GetTimestamp(), false), ColorEvent(e), HistoryEventToString(e)})
-		} else {
+		} else { // default not show time
 			table.Append([]string{strconv.FormatInt(e.GetEventId(), 10), ColorEvent(e), HistoryEventToString(e)})
 		}
 	}
@@ -662,6 +662,115 @@ func ListAllWorkflow(c *cli.Context) {
 	table.Render()
 }
 
+// DescribeWorkflow show information about the specified workflow execution
+func DescribeWorkflow(c *cli.Context) {
+	wid := getRequiredOption(c, FlagWorkflowID)
+	rid := c.String(FlagRunID)
+
+	describeWorkflowHelper(c, wid, rid)
+}
+
+// DescribeWorkflowWithID show information about the specified workflow execution
+func DescribeWorkflowWithID(c *cli.Context) {
+	if !c.Args().Present() {
+		ExitIfError(errors.New("workflow_id is required"))
+	}
+	wid := c.Args().First()
+	rid := ""
+	if c.NArg() >= 2 {
+		rid = c.Args().Get(1)
+	}
+
+	describeWorkflowHelper(c, wid, rid)
+}
+
+func describeWorkflowHelper(c *cli.Context, wid, rid string) {
+	wfClient := getWorkflowClient(c)
+
+	printRawTime := c.Bool(FlagPrintRawTime) // default show datetime instead of raw time
+
+	ctx, cancel := newContext()
+	defer cancel()
+
+	resp, err := wfClient.DescribeWorkflowExecution(ctx, wid, rid)
+	if err != nil {
+		ErrorAndExit("Describe workflow execution failed", err)
+	}
+	var o interface{}
+	if printRawTime {
+		o = resp
+	} else {
+		o = convertDescribeWorkflowExecutionResponse(resp)
+	}
+	prettyPrintJSONObject(o)
+}
+
+func prettyPrintJSONObject(o interface{}) {
+	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(o, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error when try to print pretty: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Println(o)
+	}
+	os.Stdout.Write(b)
+	fmt.Println()
+}
+
+// describeWorkflowExecutionResponse is used to print datetime instead of print raw time
+type describeWorkflowExecutionResponse struct {
+	ExecutionConfiguration *s.WorkflowExecutionConfiguration
+	WorkflowExecutionInfo  workflowExecutionInfo
+	PendingActivities      []*pendingActivityInfo
+}
+
+// workflowExecutionInfo has same fields as shared.WorkflowExecutionInfo, but has datetime instead of raw time
+type workflowExecutionInfo struct {
+	Execution     *s.WorkflowExecution
+	Type          *s.WorkflowType
+	StartTime     *string // change from *int64
+	CloseTime     *string // change from *int64
+	CloseStatus   *s.WorkflowExecutionCloseStatus
+	HistoryLength *int64
+}
+
+// pendingActivityInfo has same fields as shared.PendingActivityInfo, but different field type for better display
+type pendingActivityInfo struct {
+	ActivityID             *string
+	ActivityType           *s.ActivityType
+	State                  *s.PendingActivityState
+	HeartbeatDetails       *string // change from byte[]
+	LastHeartbeatTimestamp *string // change from *int64
+}
+
+func convertDescribeWorkflowExecutionResponse(resp *s.DescribeWorkflowExecutionResponse) *describeWorkflowExecutionResponse {
+	info := resp.WorkflowExecutionInfo
+	executionInfo := workflowExecutionInfo{
+		Execution:     info.Execution,
+		Type:          info.Type,
+		StartTime:     common.StringPtr(convertTime(info.GetStartTime(), false)),
+		CloseTime:     common.StringPtr(convertTime(info.GetCloseTime(), false)),
+		CloseStatus:   info.CloseStatus,
+		HistoryLength: info.HistoryLength,
+	}
+	var pendingActs []*pendingActivityInfo
+	var tmpAct *pendingActivityInfo
+	for _, pa := range resp.PendingActivities {
+		tmpAct = &pendingActivityInfo{
+			ActivityID:             pa.ActivityID,
+			ActivityType:           pa.ActivityType,
+			State:                  pa.State,
+			HeartbeatDetails:       common.StringPtr(string(pa.HeartbeatDetails)),
+			LastHeartbeatTimestamp: common.StringPtr(convertTime(pa.GetLastHeartbeatTimestamp(), false)),
+		}
+		pendingActs = append(pendingActs, tmpAct)
+	}
+
+	return &describeWorkflowExecutionResponse{
+		ExecutionConfiguration: resp.ExecutionConfiguration,
+		WorkflowExecutionInfo:  executionInfo,
+		PendingActivities:      pendingActs,
+	}
+}
+
 func createTableForListWorkflow(listAll bool) *tablewriter.Table {
 	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
 	table.SetBorder(false)

tools/cli/workflow.go

@@ -369,5 +369,42 @@ func newWorkflowCommands() []cli.Command {
 				QueryWorkflowUsingStackTrace(c)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:    "describe",
+			Aliases: []string{"desc"},
+			Usage:   "show information of workflow execution",
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:  FlagWorkflowIDWithAlias,
+					Usage: "WorkflowID",
+				},
+				cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:  FlagRunIDWithAlias,
+					Usage: "RunID",
+				},
+				cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  FlagPrintRawTimeWithAlias,
+					Usage: "Print raw time stamp",
+				},
+			},
+			Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
+				DescribeWorkflow(c)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name:        "describeid",
+			Aliases:     []string{"descid"},
+			Usage:       "show information of workflow execution with given workflow_id and optional run_id (a shortcut of `describe -w <wid> -r <rid>`)",
+			Description: "cadence workflow describeid <workflow_id> <run_id>. workflow_id is required; run_id is optional",
+			Flags: []cli.Flag{
+				cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  FlagPrintRawTimeWithAlias,
+					Usage: "Print raw time stamp",
+				},
+			},
+			Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
+				DescribeWorkflowWithID(c)
+			},
+		},
 	}
 }