From 6039a3a4949397b3a01d87b949a32cd47117cea5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom <thomas.hodson@ecmwf.int>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:11:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] update cmd app

---
 docs/cmd.md                  |  6 ++++++
 src/python/qubed/__main__.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/cmd.md b/docs/cmd.md
index 40f9b51..240da66 100644
--- a/docs/cmd.md
+++ b/docs/cmd.md
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ There's some handy test data in the `tests/data` directory. For example:
 gzip -dc tests/data/fdb_list_compact.gz| qubed convert --from=fdb --to=text --output=qube.txt
 gzip -dc tests/data/fdb_list_porcelain.gz| qubed convert --from=fdb --to=json --output=qube.json
 gzip -dc tests/data/fdb_list_compact.gz | qubed convert --from=fdb --to=html --output=qube.html
+
+// Operational data stream=oper/wave/enfo/waef
+fdb list class=od,expver=0001,date=0,stream=oper --compact >> operational_compact.txt
+operational_compact.txt | qubed convert --from=fdb --to=text --output=operational.txt
 ```
 
+
+
 ## Todo
 
 --from for
diff --git a/src/python/qubed/__main__.py b/src/python/qubed/__main__.py
index 9cceb53..ad4f6e4 100644
--- a/src/python/qubed/__main__.py
+++ b/src/python/qubed/__main__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 import time
 
 import click
@@ -107,7 +108,15 @@ def convert(input, output, from_format, to_format):
                 n0 = q.n_leaves
                 t = time.time()
 
-    output_content = str(q) if to_format == "text" else q.html().html
+    if to_format == "text":
+        output_content = str(q)
+    elif to_format == "json":
+        output_content = json.dumps(q.to_json())
+    elif to_format == "html":
+        output_content = q.html().html
+    else:
+        output_content = str(q)
+
     output.write(output_content)