fix: move run-script banners to stderr when in json mode

Fixes #7354

Author: lukekarrys

docs/bin/build.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const run = require('../lib/build.js')
 const { paths } = require('../lib/index')
 
 run(paths)
-  .then((res) => console.log(`Wrote ${res.length} files`))
+  .then((res) => console.error(`Wrote ${res.length} files`))
   .catch((err) => {
     process.exitCode = 1
     console.error(err)

lib/utils/display.js

@@ -267,16 +267,22 @@ class Display {
         if (this.#outputState.buffering) {
           this.#outputState.buffer.push([level, meta, ...args])
         } else {
-          // HACK: if it looks like the banner and we are in a state where we hide the
-          // banner then dont write any output. This hack can be replaced with proc-log.META
-          const isBanner = args.length === 1 &&
-            typeof args[0] === 'string' &&
-            args[0].startsWith('\n> ') &&
-            args[0].endsWith('\n')
-          const hideBanner = this.#silent || ['exec', 'explore'].includes(this.#command)
-          if (!(isBanner && hideBanner)) {
-            this.#writeOutput(level, meta, ...args)
+          // HACK: Check if the argument looks like a run-script banner. This can be
+          // replaced with proc-log.META in @npmcli/run-script
+          if (typeof args[0] === 'string' && args[0].startsWith('\n> ') && args[0].endsWith('\n')) {
+            if (this.#silent || ['exec', 'explore'].includes(this.#command)) {
+              // Silent mode and some specific commands always hide run script banners
+              break
+            } else if (this.#json) {
+              // In json mode, change output to stderr since we dont want to break json
+              // parsing on stdout if the user is piping to jq or something.
+              // XXX: in a future (breaking?) change it might make sense for run-script to
+              // always output these banners with proc-log.output.error if we think they
+              // align closer with "logging" instead of "output"
+              level = output.KEYS.error
+            }
           }
+          this.#writeOutput(level, meta, ...args)
         }
         break
     }

smoke-tests/test/pack-json-output.js

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+const t = require('tap')
+const setup = require('./fixtures/setup.js')
+
+t.test('pack --json returns only json on stdout', async t => {
+  const { npmLocal } = await setup(t)
+
+  const { stderr, stdout } = await npmLocal('pack', '--json')
+
+  t.match(stderr, /> npm@.* prepack\n/, 'stderr has banner')
+  t.ok(JSON.parse(stdout), 'stdout can be parsed as json')
+})

tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/pack.js.test.cjs

@@ -109,13 +109,24 @@ Array [
       "name": "@myscope/test-package",
       "shasum": "{sha}",
       "size": "{size}",
-      "unpackedSize": 50,
+      "unpackedSize": 88,
       "version": "1.0.0",
     },
   ],
 ]
 `
 
+exports[`test/lib/commands/pack.js TAP should log scoped package output as valid json > stderr has banners 1`] = `
+Array [
+  String(
+    
+    > @myscope/[email protected] prepack
+    > echo prepack!
+    
+  ),
+]
+`
+
 exports[`test/lib/commands/pack.js TAP should pack current directory with no arguments > logs pack contents 1`] = `
 Array [
   "package: [email protected]",

test/lib/commands/pack.js

@@ -72,18 +72,22 @@ t.test('should log output as valid json', async t => {
 })
 
 t.test('should log scoped package output as valid json', async t => {
-  const { npm, outputs, logs } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+  const { npm, outputs, outputErrors, logs } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
     prefixDir: {
       'package.json': JSON.stringify({
         name: '@myscope/test-package',
         version: '1.0.0',
+        scripts: {
+          prepack: 'echo prepack!',
+        },
       }),
     },
     config: { json: true },
   })
   await npm.exec('pack', [])
   const filename = 'myscope-test-package-1.0.0.tgz'
   t.matchSnapshot(outputs.map(JSON.parse), 'outputs as json')
+  t.matchSnapshot(outputErrors, 'stderr has banners')
   t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice, 'logs pack contents')
   t.ok(fs.statSync(path.resolve(npm.prefix, filename)))
 })