From 63249f6419dfadd5dc302771e5e5ca7524606b30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aneesh Rao <73494487+rao-aneesh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:52:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update get.go

---
 pkg/app/get.go | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/app/get.go b/pkg/app/get.go
index 6af813c4..f6b8e335 100644
--- a/pkg/app/get.go
+++ b/pkg/app/get.go
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ func (a *App) GetRequest(ctx context.Context, tc *types.TargetConfig) {
 		a.logError(fmt.Errorf("target %q Get request failed: %v", tc.Name, err))
 		return
 	}
+	if response == nil {
+		return
+	}
 	err = a.PrintMsg(tc.Name, "Get Response:", response)
 	if err != nil {
 		a.logError(fmt.Errorf("target %q: %v", tc.Name, err))
@@ -123,12 +126,15 @@ func (a *App) getRequest(ctx context.Context, tc *types.TargetConfig, req *gnmi.
 			xreq.UseModels = append(xreq.UseModels, m)
 		}
 	}
-	if a.Config.PrintRequest {
+	if a.Config.PrintRequest || a.Config.GetDryRun {
 		err := a.PrintMsg(tc.Name, "Get Request:", req)
 		if err != nil {
 			a.logError(fmt.Errorf("target %q Get Request printing failed: %v", tc.Name, err))
 		}
 	}
+	if a.Config.GetDryRun {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	a.Logger.Printf("sending gNMI GetRequest: prefix='%v', path='%v', type='%v', encoding='%v', models='%+v', extension='%+v' to %s",
 		xreq.Prefix, xreq.Path, xreq.Type, xreq.Encoding, xreq.UseModels, xreq.Extension, tc.Name)
 
@@ -176,6 +182,7 @@ func (a *App) InitGetFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.GetValuesOnly, "values-only", "", false, "print GetResponse values only")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.GetProcessor, "processor", "", []string{}, "list of processor names to run")
 	cmd.Flags().Uint32VarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.GetDepth, "depth", "", 0, "depth extension value")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&a.Config.LocalFlags.GetDryRun, "dry-run", "", false, "prints the get request without initiating a gRPC connection")
 
 	cmd.LocalFlags().VisitAll(func(flag *pflag.Flag) {
 		a.Config.FileConfig.BindPFlag(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", cmd.Name(), flag.Name), flag)

From 0acf71a73011452652d3ea2e164cfb60b87591f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aneesh Rao <73494487+rao-aneesh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:52:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update config.go

---
 pkg/config/config.go | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index f2f0d359..1f4a02af 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ type LocalFlags struct {
 	GetValuesOnly bool     `mapstructure:"get-values-only,omitempty" json:"get-values-only,omitempty" yaml:"get-values-only,omitempty"`
 	GetProcessor  []string `mapstructure:"get-processor,omitempty" json:"get-processor,omitempty" yaml:"get-processor,omitempty"`
 	GetDepth      uint32   `mapstructure:"get-depth,omitempty" yaml:"get-depth,omitempty" json:"get-depth,omitempty"`
+	GetDryRun     bool     `mapstructure:"get-dry-run,omitempty" json:"get-dry-run,omitempty" yaml:"get-dry-run,omitempty"`
 	// Set
 	SetPrefix                 string        `mapstructure:"set-prefix,omitempty" json:"set-prefix,omitempty" yaml:"set-prefix,omitempty"`
 	SetDelete                 []string      `mapstructure:"set-delete,omitempty" json:"set-delete,omitempty" yaml:"set-delete,omitempty"`