Added validation for argument in start/stop app command. Colorized error output on validation fail

cmd/edgeboxctl/main.go

@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/edgebox-iot/edgeboxctl/internal/diagnostics"
 	"github.com/edgebox-iot/edgeboxctl/internal/tasks"
 	"github.com/edgebox-iot/edgeboxctl/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2" // imports as package "cli"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/colorstring"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2" // imports as package "cli",
 )
 
 const defaultNotReadySleepTime time.Duration = time.Second * 60
 const defaultSleepTime time.Duration = time.Second
 
+var errorMissingApplicationSlug = colorstring.Color("[red]Error: [white]Missing application slug")
+var errorUnexpected = colorstring.Color("[red]An unexpected error ocurring and the application crashed")
+
 func main() {
 
 	app := &cli.App{
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ func main() {
 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
 			{
 				Name:    "bootstrap",
-				Aliases: []string{"a"},
+				Aliases: []string{"b"},
 				Usage:   "Setps up initial structure and dependencies for the edgebox system",
 				Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 					fmt.Println("Edgebox Setup")
@@ -38,13 +42,19 @@ func main() {
 			},
 			{
 				Name:    "app",
-				Aliases: []string{"t"},
+				Aliases: []string{"a"},
 				Usage:   "options for edgeapp management",
 				Subcommands: []*cli.Command{
 					{
-						Name:  "start",
+						Name:    "start",
-						Usage: "start the specified app",
+						Aliases: []string{"s"},
+						Usage:   "start the specified app",
 						Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+
+							if c.Args().Get(0) == "" {
+								return cli.Exit(errorMissingApplicationSlug, 1)
+							}
+
 							task := tasks.ExecuteTask(tasks.GetBaseTask(
 								"start_edgeapp",
 								fmt.Sprintf("{\"id\": \"%s\"}", c.Args().First()),
@@ -58,6 +68,10 @@ func main() {
 						Usage: "stop the specified app",
 						Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 
+							if c.Args().Get(0) == "" {
+								return cli.Exit(errorMissingApplicationSlug, 1)
+							}
+
 							task := tasks.ExecuteTask(tasks.GetBaseTask(
 								"stop_edgeapp",
 								fmt.Sprintf("{\"id\": \"%s\"}", c.Args().First()),

go.mod

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.7 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db // indirect
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil v3.21.4+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.6 // indirect
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 h1:yVuAays6BHfxijgZPzw+3Zlu5yQgKGP2/hcQbHb7S9
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.7 h1:fxWBnXkxfM6sRiuH3bqJ4CfzZojMOLVc0UTsTglEghA=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.7/go.mod h1:NyWgC/yNuGj7Q9rpYnZvas74GogHl5/Z4A/KQRfk6bU=
+github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db h1:62I3jR2EmQ4l5rM/4FEfDWcRD+abF5XlKShorW5LRoQ=
+github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db/go.mod h1:l0dey0ia/Uv7NcFFVbCLtqEBQbrT4OCwCSKTEv6enCw=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=