Fix #1980: Support all core output formats in run command

Centralize output formats in pipes/output.py and ensure only stdout streaming compatible formats are enabled for the run command.

Author: Gyan Ranjan Panda

scanpipe/management/commands/output.py

@@ -24,16 +24,7 @@
 
 from scanpipe.management.commands import ProjectCommand
 from scanpipe.pipes import output
-
-SUPPORTED_FORMATS = [
-    "json",
-    "csv",
-    "xlsx",
-    "attribution",
-    "spdx",
-    "cyclonedx",
-    "ort-package-list",
-]
+from scanpipe.pipes.output import SUPPORTED_FORMATS
 
 
 class Command(ProjectCommand):

scanpipe/management/commands/run.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 from scanpipe.management.commands import extract_tag_from_input_file
 from scanpipe.pipes.fetch import SCHEME_TO_FETCHER_MAPPING
+from scanpipe.pipes.output import PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument(
             "--format",
             default="json",
-            choices=["json", "spdx", "cyclonedx", "attribution", "ort-package-list"],
+            choices=PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS,
             help="Specifies the output serialization format for the results.",
         )
 

scanpipe/pipes/output.py

@@ -68,6 +68,27 @@
 
 scanpipe_app = apps.get_app_config("scanpipe")
 
+# All formats supported by the `output` management command.
+SUPPORTED_FORMATS = [
+    "json",
+    "csv",
+    "xlsx",
+    "attribution",
+    "spdx",
+    "cyclonedx",
+    "ort-package-list",
+]
+
+# Subset of formats compatible with stdout streaming (--print mode).
+# Excludes binary formats (xlsx) and multi-file formats (csv).
+PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS = [
+    "json",
+    "spdx",
+    "cyclonedx",
+    "attribution",
+    "ort-package-list",
+]
+
 
 def safe_filename(filename):
     """Convert the provided `filename` to a safe filename."""

scanpipe/tests/test_commands.py

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 from scanpipe.models import WebhookSubscription
 from scanpipe.pipes import flag
 from scanpipe.pipes import purldb
+from scanpipe.pipes.output import PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS
+from scanpipe.pipes.output import SUPPORTED_FORMATS as PIPE_SUPPORTED_FORMATS
 from scanpipe.tests import filter_warnings
 from scanpipe.tests import make_dependency
 from scanpipe.tests import make_mock_response
@@ -756,6 +758,29 @@ def test_scanpipe_management_command_output(self):
         self.assertIn('"bomFormat": "CycloneDX"', out_value)
         self.assertIn('"specVersion": "1.5",', out_value)
 
+    def test_supported_formats_sync(self):
+        """
+        Ensure SUPPORTED_FORMATS in management/commands/output.py always matches
+        the canonical list in pipes/output.py, and that PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS
+        is a strict subset of SUPPORTED_FORMATS (never includes csv or xlsx).
+        """
+        from scanpipe.management.commands.output import SUPPORTED_FORMATS as CMD_FORMATS
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set(PIPE_SUPPORTED_FORMATS),
+            set(CMD_FORMATS),
+            "SUPPORTED_FORMATS in management/commands/output.py is out of sync "
+            "with pipes/output.py. Update one of them.",
+        )
+        # PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS must be a subset of SUPPORTED_FORMATS
+        self.assertTrue(
+            set(PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS).issubset(set(PIPE_SUPPORTED_FORMATS)),
+            "PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS contains formats not in SUPPORTED_FORMATS.",
+        )
+        # csv and xlsx must never be in PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS (--print incompatible)
+        self.assertNotIn("csv", PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS)
+        self.assertNotIn("xlsx", PRINT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS)
+
     def test_scanpipe_management_command_delete_project(self):
         project = make_project(name="my_project")
         work_path = project.work_path
@@ -984,6 +1009,31 @@ def test_scanpipe_management_command_run(self):
         json_data = json.loads(out.getvalue())
         self.assertEqual(3, len(json_data["files"]))
 
+        # Test --format spdx
+        out = StringIO()
+        with redirect_stdout(out):
+            call_command("run", "do_nothing", input_location, "--format", "spdx")
+        out_value = out.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn('"spdxVersion":', out_value)
+
+        # Test --format cyclonedx
+        out = StringIO()
+        with redirect_stdout(out):
+            call_command("run", "do_nothing", input_location, "--format", "cyclonedx")
+        out_value = out.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn('"bomFormat": "CycloneDX"', out_value)
+
+        # Test --format ort-package-list
+        # do_nothing pipeline doesn't find packages, so it generates an empty list, but it shouldn't crash
+        out = StringIO()
+        with redirect_stdout(out):
+            call_command("run", "do_nothing", input_location, "--format", "ort-package-list")
+        
+        # Test incompatible streaming formats are rejected by argparse choices
+        expected = "Error: argument --format: invalid choice: 'csv'"
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(CommandError, expected):
+            call_command("run", "do_nothing", input_location, "--format", "csv")
+
         # Multiple pipeline and selected_groups are supported
         out = StringIO()
         with redirect_stdout(out):