Merge pull request #86 from JorgenG/use-print-for-outputting-codegen

Use print for outputting codegen

Author: joellabes

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ dispatch:
 
 # dbt-codegen v0.8.0
 
+# Unreleased
+## Breaking changes
+## New features
+## Quality of life
+- Now uses `print` instead of `log` to output the generated text into the console. This enables you to invoke dbt with the `--quiet` flag and directly pipe the codegen output into a new file, ending up with valid yaml
+
+## Under the hood
+## Contributors:
+- [@JorgenG](https://github.com/JorgenG) (#86)
+
 # dbt-codegen v0.7.0
 
 ## 🚨 Breaking change

README.md

@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ the database to your source definition
 * `include_schema` (optional, default=False): Whether you want to add
 the schema to your source definition
 
+### Outputting to a file
+If you use the `dbt run-operation` approach it is possible to output directly to a file by piping the output to a new file and using the `--quiet` CLI flag:
+
+```
+dbt --quiet run-operation generate_model_yaml --args '{"model_name": "stg_jaffle_shop__orders"}' > models/staging/jaffle_shop/stg_jaffle_shop__orders.yml
+```
+
 ### Usage:
 1. Copy the macro into a statement tab in the dbt Cloud IDE, or into an analysis file, and compile your code
 

dbt_project.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: 'codegen'
 version: '0.5.0'
 
-require-dbt-version: [">=1.0.0", "<2.0.0"]
+require-dbt-version: [">=1.1.0", "<2.0.0"]
 config-version: 2
 
 target-path: "target"

macros/generate_base_model.sql

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ select * from renamed
 
 {% if execute %}
 
-{{ log(base_model_sql, info=True) }}
+{{ print(base_model_sql) }}
 {% do return(base_model_sql) %}
 
 {% endif %}

macros/generate_model_import_ctes.sql

@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
 
 {%- if execute -%}
 
-{{ log(model_import_ctes, info=True) }}
+{{ print(model_import_ctes) }}
 {% do return(model_import_ctes) %}
 
 {% endif %}

macros/generate_model_yaml.sql

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 {% if execute %}
 
     {% set joined = model_yaml | join ('\n') %}
-    {{ log(joined, info=True) }}
+    {{ print(joined) }}
     {% do return(joined) %}
 
 {% endif %}

macros/generate_source.sql

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 {% if execute %}
 
     {% set joined = sources_yaml | join ('\n') %}
-    {{ log(joined, info=True) }}
+    {{ print(joined) }}
     {% do return(joined) %}
 
 {% endif %}