Rework get_clipboard implementation

2 files changed, 33 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/swaymsg/main.c b/swaymsg/main.c
index fa28553b..450df673 100644
--- a/swaymsg/main.c
+++ b/swaymsg/main.c
@@ -19,15 +19,17 @@ void sway_terminate(int exit_code) {
         exit(exit_code);
 }
 
-static void pretty_print_cmd(json_object *r) {
-        bool _success;
+static bool success(json_object *r, bool fallback) {
         json_object *success;
         if (!json_object_object_get_ex(r, "success", &success)) {
-                _success = true;
+                return fallback;
         } else {
-                _success = json_object_get_boolean(success);
+                return json_object_get_boolean(success);
         }
-        if (!_success) {
+}
+
+static void pretty_print_cmd(json_object *r) {
+        if (!success(r, true)) {
                 json_object *error;
                 if (!json_object_object_get_ex(r, "error", &error)) {
                         printf("An unknkown error occured");
@@ -145,15 +147,23 @@ static void pretty_print_version(json_object *v) {
 }
 
 static void pretty_print_clipboard(json_object *v) {
-        bool _success;
-        json_object *success;
-        json_object_object_get_ex(v, "success", &success);
-        _success = json_object_get_boolean(success);
-
-        if (_success) {
-                json_object *ver;
-                json_object_object_get_ex(v, "content", &ver);
-                printf("%s\n", json_object_get_string(ver));
+        if (success(v, true)) {
+                if (json_object_is_type(v, json_type_array)) {
+                        for (int i = 0; i < json_object_array_length(v); ++i) {
+                                json_object *o = json_object_array_get_idx(v, i);
+                                printf("%s\n", json_object_get_string(o));
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        // NOTE: could be extended to print all received types
+                        // instead just the first one when sways ipc server
+                        // supports it
+                        struct json_object_iterator iter = json_object_iter_begin(v);
+                        struct json_object_iterator end = json_object_iter_end(v);
+                        if (!json_object_iter_equal(&iter, &end)) {
+                                printf("%s\n", json_object_get_string(
+                                        json_object_iter_peek_value(&iter)));
+                        }
+                }
         }
 }
 
@@ -310,6 +320,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                         printf("%s\n", resp);
                         ret = 1;
                 } else {
+                        if (!success(obj, true)) {
+                                ret = 1;
+                        }
                         if (raw) {
                                 printf("%s\n", json_object_to_json_string_ext(obj,
                                         JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY | JSON_C_TO_STRING_SPACED));
diff --git a/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.txt b/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.txt
index 1f03bee3..6fd08e81 100644
--- a/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.txt
+++ b/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ IPC Message Types
 *get_version*::
         Get JSON-encoded version information for the running instance of sway.
 
+*get_clipboard*::
+        Get JSON-encoded information about the clipboard.
+        Returns the current clipboard mime-types if called without
+        arguments, otherwise returns the clipboard data in the requested
+        formats. Encodes the data using base64 for non-text mime types.
+
 Authors
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