fix(view): dont unwrap arrays in json mode

The view command alters the data by default to unwrap single item arrays
when in human readable mode (the default). This change makes it so those
arrays are not altered when the --json flag is set.

Fixes #3611

lib/commands/view.js

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ class View extends BaseCommand {
   }
 
   async getData (pkg, args) {
+    const json = this.npm.config.get('json')
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
       preferOnline: true,
@@ -228,7 +229,12 @@ class View extends BaseCommand {
             delete versions[v].readme
           }
 
-          data.push(showFields(pckmnt, versions[v], arg))
+          data.push(showFields({
+            data: pckmnt,
+            version: versions[v],
+            fields: arg,
+            json,
+          }))
         })
       }
     })
@@ -242,11 +248,7 @@ class View extends BaseCommand {
       throw er
     }
 
-    if (
-      !this.npm.config.get('json') &&
-      args.length === 1 &&
-      args[0] === ''
-    ) {
+    if (!json && args.length === 1 && args[0] === '') {
       pckmnt.version = version
     }
 
@@ -432,7 +434,7 @@ function reducer (acc, cur) {
 }
 
 // return whatever was printed
-function showFields (data, version, fields) {
+function showFields ({ data, version, fields, json }) {
   const o = {}
   ;[data, version].forEach((s) => {
     Object.keys(s).forEach((k) => {
@@ -441,7 +443,7 @@ function showFields (data, version, fields) {
   })
 
   const queryable = new Queryable(o)
-  const s = queryable.query(fields)
+  const s = queryable.query(fields, { unwrapSingleItemArrays: !json })
   const res = { [version.version]: s }
 
   if (s) {

lib/utils/queryable.js

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const parseKeys = key => {
   return res
 }
 
-const getter = ({ data, key }) => {
+const getter = ({ data, key }, { unwrapSingleItemArrays = true } = {}) => {
   // keys are a list in which each entry represents the name of
   // a property that should be walked through the object in order to
   // return the final found value
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ const getter = ({ data, key }) => {
 
   // these are some legacy expectations from
   // the old API consumed by lib/view.js
-  if (Array.isArray(_data) && _data.length <= 1) {
+  if (unwrapSingleItemArrays && Array.isArray(_data) && _data.length <= 1) {
     _data = _data[0]
   }
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Queryable {
     this.#data = obj
   }
 
-  query (queries) {
+  query (queries, opts) {
     // this ugly interface here is meant to be a compatibility layer
     // with the legacy API lib/view.js is consuming, if at some point
     // we refactor that command then we can revisit making this nicer
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class Queryable {
       getter({
         data: this.#data,
         key: query,
-      })
+      }, opts)
 
     if (Array.isArray(queries)) {
       let res = {}

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

@@ -300,6 +300,28 @@ dist-tags:
 published over a year from now
 `
 
+exports[`test/lib/commands/view.js TAP package with single version full json > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "_id": "single-version",
+  "name": "single-version",
+  "dist-tags": {
+    "latest": "1.0.0"
+  },
+  "time": {
+    "1.0.0": "2024-05-07T19:41:40.177Z"
+  },
+  "versions": [
+    "1.0.0"
+  ],
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "dist": {
+    "shasum": "123",
+    "tarball": "http://hm.single-version.com/1.0.0.tgz",
+    "fileCount": 1
+  }
+}
+`
+
 exports[`test/lib/commands/view.js TAP specific field names array field - 1 element > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 claudia
 `

test/lib/commands/view.js

@@ -252,6 +252,27 @@ const packument = (nv, opts) => {
         },
       },
     },
+    'single-version': {
+      _id: 'single-version',
+      name: 'single-version',
+      'dist-tags': {
+        latest: '1.0.0',
+      },
+      time: {
+        '1.0.0': yesterday,
+      },
+      versions: {
+        '1.0.0': {
+          name: 'single-version',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+          dist: {
+            shasum: '123',
+            tarball: 'http://hm.single-version.com/1.0.0.tgz',
+            fileCount: 1,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
   }
   if (nv.type === 'git') {
     return mocks[nv.hosted.project]
@@ -357,6 +378,27 @@ t.test('package with --json and no versions', async t => {
   t.equal(joinedOutput(), '', 'no info to display')
 })
 
+t.test('package with single version', async t => {
+  t.test('full json', async t => {
+    const { view, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, { config: { json: true } })
+    await view.exec(['single-version'])
+    t.matchSnapshot(joinedOutput())
+  })
+
+  t.test('json and versions arg', async t => {
+    const { view, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, { config: { json: true } })
+    await view.exec(['single-version', 'versions'])
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(joinedOutput())
+    t.strictSame(parsed, ['1.0.0'], 'does not unwrap single item arrays in json')
+  })
+
+  t.test('no json and versions arg', async t => {
+    const { view, joinedOutput } = await loadMockNpm(t, { config: { json: false } })
+    await view.exec(['single-version', 'versions'])
+    t.strictSame(joinedOutput(), '1.0.0', 'unwraps single item arrays in basic mode')
+  })
+})
+
 t.test('package in cwd', async t => {
   const prefixDir = {
     'package.json': JSON.stringify({