Start crates-tui with initial query.

[TornaxO7]

Hi! I often just want to search for a package quickly. So something like crates-tui --query ratatui should show up the TUI but also start the query immediately so that I'm getting the search result instantly.

I've tried to dig into the code with the following diff:

diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 99acd42..bc26892 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -117,12 +117,22 @@ impl App {
     }
 
     /// Runs the main loop of the application, handling events and actions
-    pub async fn run(&mut self, mut tui: Tui, mut events: Events) -> Result<()> {
+    pub async fn run(
+        &mut self,
+        mut tui: Tui,
+        mut events: Events,
+        init_query: Option<String>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
         // uncomment to test error handling
         // panic!("test panic");
         // Err(color_eyre::eyre::eyre!("Error"))?;
         self.tx.send(Action::Init)?;
 
+        if let Some(query) = init_query {
+            self.handle_action(Action::NextTab)?;
+            self.search.submit_query(query);
+        }
+
         loop {
             if let Some(e) = events.next().await {
                 self.handle_event(e)?.map(|action| self.tx.send(action));
@@ -229,7 +239,7 @@ impl App {
             Action::PreviousTab => self.goto_previous_tab(),
             Action::SwitchMode(mode) => self.switch_mode(mode),
             Action::SwitchToLastMode => self.switch_to_last_mode(),
-            Action::SubmitSearch => self.search.submit_query(),
+            Action::SubmitSearch => self.search.submit_query(self.search.input.value().into()),
             Action::ToggleShowCrateInfo => self.search.toggle_show_crate_info(),
             Action::UpdateCurrentSelectionCrateInfo => self.update_current_selection_crate_info(),
             Action::UpdateSearchTableResults => self.search.update_search_table_results(),
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index e89b886..eb9f68a 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ pub struct Cli {
     #[arg(long, value_name = "DIR")]
     pub data_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "QUERY")]
+    pub query: Option<String>,
+
     /// The log level to use.
     ///
     /// Valid values are: error, warn, info, debug, trace, off. The default is
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1143b46..ddfc043 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     let tui = tui::init()?;
     let events = events::Events::new();
-    App::new().run(tui, events).await?;
+    App::new().run(tui, events, cli.query).await?;
     tui::restore()?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/search_page.rs b/src/widgets/search_page.rs
index ddd5aec..2acd0e2 100644
--- a/src/widgets/search_page.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/search_page.rs
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ impl SearchPage {
         self.last_task_details_handle.clear()
     }
 
-    pub fn submit_query(&mut self) {
+    pub fn submit_query(&mut self, query: String) {
         self.clear_all_previous_task_details_handles();
         self.filter.clear();
-        self.search = self.input.value().into();
+        self.search = query;
         let _ = self.tx.send(Action::SwitchMode(Mode::PickerHideCrateInfo));
     }

but sadly no success with that (run it with cargo run -- --query ratatui). May I ask what I'm doing wrong here or could you please implement this feature?

[joshka]

Take a look at #102