[GitHub] [openwhisk-cli] lornajane opened a new issue #469: Export package parameters in the format needed for import

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lornajane opened a new issue #469: Export package parameters in the format needed for import
URL: https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-cli/issues/469
 
 
   (I couldn't find an issue where this had already been discussed, I apologise if this is a duplicate or I'm creating noise)
   
   My use case: copying parameters from one action to another
    - when you add a database and refresh the package list, the parameters you want are on the wrong package and it's tedious to get them from one place to another
    - when I wanted to test some changes to my openwhisk package without hurting what's already live, I wanted to copy the package - it's easy to redeploy but I needed the package parameters.
   
   To get the parameters from a package, we do: `wsk package get [packagename] parameters` which outputs something like:
   
   ```json
   ok: got package firstpackage, displaying field parameters
   [
       {
           "key": "slackURL",
           "value": "https://hooks.slack.com/blah/blah"
       },
       {
           "key": "cloudantURL",
           "value": "https://wibble-squeak-bluemix.cloudant.com"
       },
       {
           "key": "dbname",
           "value": "awesomedb"
       }
   ]
   ```
   
   To supply these parameters to another package (e.g. for testing, or allowing another team member to match my config) the format I want is:
   
   ```json
   {
       "slackURL": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/blah/blah",
       "cloudantURL": "https://wibble-squeak-bluemix.cloudant.com",
       "dbname": "awesomedb"
   }
   ```
   
   With the above in a file called `params.json` I can then to `wsk package create mypackage -P params.json`.
   
   Would it be desirable to offer this format (ideally _without_ the extra verbose output as the first line as we have now) as an option?  It's a small thing and I appreciate that patches are probably welcome, but is this a useful addition for anyone other than myself?

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