
Linkfox Multimodal Extract Attributes
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- 64 repo stars
- Updated August 3, 2026
- linkfox-ai/linkfox-skills
Extract structured product attributes from images, PDFs, or mixed listings so agents can normalize catalogs, enrich PIM data, and automate listing QA.
About
Runs multimodal extraction over product photos, screenshots, and descriptive text to return normalized attributes such as brand, material, dimensions, color, and variant flags. Bridges messy supplier assets to structured ecommerce records for agents, APIs, and merchandising automation.
- Image-plus-text attribute parsing
- Structured field output
- Catalog normalization
- Listing enrichment automation
- Multimodal LLM pipeline
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| Installs | 242 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 64 |
| Last updated | August 3, 2026 |
| Repository | linkfox-ai/linkfox-skills ↗ |
What it does
Extract structured product attributes from images, PDFs, or mixed listings so agents can normalize catalogs, enrich PIM data, and automate listing QA.
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Product Main Image Prompt Extractor
This skill guides you on how to extract visual features and prompts from product main images using multimodal AI, helping e-commerce sellers turn unstructured image data into structured, actionable insights.
Core Concepts
This tool performs deep visual analysis on product main images (and optionally additional images) from a product list. It uses a multimodal AI model to identify specific visual dimensions based on a natural language instruction, such as color, shape, style, material, or specific selling-point elements.
How it works: You provide a list of products (with image URLs) and a natural language prompt describing what to extract. The tool automatically iterates over all products, analyzes each image, and returns structured attribute data (attributeName + attributeValue) appended to each product record.
Row expansion: When extracting multiple dimensions in a single request (e.g., both color and shape), each original product row is duplicated per dimension, resulting in one row per product per attribute.
Parameter Guide
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| productImageAnalysisPrompt | Yes | Natural language instruction describing what visual information to extract from the images. Be specific about the dimensions you want (color, material, shape, style, pendant type, etc.). |
| analyzeAdditionalImages | No | Whether to also analyze additional product images beyond the main image. Defaults to false. |
| refResultData | No | Reference data from a previous step, containing the product list to analyze. Must be a JSON string with a products array. |
| userInput | No | Supplementary user input for additional context. |
Writing Effective Prompts
1. Be dimension-specific: Clearly state what visual attribute(s) to extract. "Extract the dominant color of each product" is better than "Analyze the images." 2. One or few dimensions per call: For cleaner results, focus on one or two dimensions at a time. 3. Use concrete terms: "Identify the pendant/charm shape on the product" is clearer than "Look at the decorations." 4. No need to specify individual products: The tool automatically iterates over all products in the input list. 5. Data flow dependency: The tool requires upstream product data. It cannot reference "products from the previous conversation round" -- the data must be explicitly provided via the current step's input or resource references.
Prompt Examples
| Goal | Example Prompt |
|---|---|
| Extract dominant color | "Analyze each product's main image and extract the primary color of the product" |
| Identify material | "From each product's main image, identify the apparent material (plastic, metal, wood, fabric, etc.)" |
| Classify pendant shape | "Analyze each product's main image and identify the shape of the pendant/charm (round, heart, star, etc.)" |
| Detect style | "Extract the overall style of each product from its main image (minimalist, vintage, bohemian, industrial, etc.)" |
| Reverse-engineer image prompt | "Based on the main image, infer the likely AI-generation prompt or visual description that could reproduce this image" |
| Multi-dimension extraction | "From each main image, extract both the dominant color and the overall product shape" |
API Usage
This tool calls the LinkFox tool gateway API. See references/api.md for calling conventions, request parameters, and response structure. You can also execute scripts/multimodal_extract_attributes.py directly to run analyses.
Response Structure
The response enriches the original product list with extracted attributes:
- products: An array of product records, each augmented with
attributeName(the dimension extracted, e.g., "color") andattributeValue(the extracted value, e.g., "red"). One record per product per attribute dimension. - attributeGroups: Products grouped by attribute name and value for easy comparison. Each group includes the attribute value, the count of products, and the list of ASINs.
- columns: Column definitions for rendering the result table.
- costToken: Total tokens consumed by the multimodal AI model.
Display Rules
1. Present data in tables: Show extracted attributes in clear, well-formatted tables with product identifiers (ASIN, title) alongside the extracted attribute values. 2. Highlight distribution: When attribute groups are returned, summarize the distribution (e.g., "60% of products are red, 25% blue, 15% green") to give the user a quick overview. 3. Row expansion notice: If multiple dimensions were extracted, inform the user that each product appears once per dimension in the results. 4. Error handling: When analysis fails, explain the reason based on the response message and suggest adjustments (e.g., ensuring the product list contains valid image URLs). 5. Data dependency reminder: If the user tries to reference products from a previous conversation round without explicit data flow, remind them that the product data must come from an upstream step in the current pipeline. 6. No subjective advice: Present the extracted visual features factually. Let the user draw their own business conclusions.
Important Limitations
- Requires product data input: The tool cannot operate without a
productsarray containing image URLs. It depends on upstream data from a prior step. - No fuzzy references: Cannot analyze "products from the last conversation" -- data must be explicitly piped in via
refResultDataor resource references. - Row multiplication: Extracting N dimensions from M products produces up to M x N rows in the output.
- Image accessibility: Product image URLs must be publicly accessible for the analysis to succeed.
User Expression & Scenario Quick Reference
Applicable -- Visual feature extraction and image analysis for product listings:
| User Says | Scenario |
|---|---|
| "What colors are these products" | Dominant color extraction |
| "Analyze the product images", "Look at the main photos" | General visual feature extraction |
| "What material does it look like" | Material identification |
| "What shapes/styles are popular" | Shape or style classification |
| "Reverse the image prompt", "What prompt made this image" | Image prompt reverse-engineering |
| "Group products by visual appearance" | Visual attribute grouping & statistics |
| "Extract features from the product photos" | Structured attribute extraction |
Not applicable -- Needs beyond image-based visual analysis:
- Text-based product data queries (use appropriate data query tools)
- Listing copywriting or review analysis
- Price or sales data analysis
- Tasks that do not involve product images
Feedback:
Auto-detect and report feedback via the Feedback API when any of the following apply: 1. The functionality or purpose described in this skill does not match actual behavior 2. The skill's results do not match the user's intent 3. The user expresses dissatisfaction or praise about this skill 4. Anything you believe could be improved
Call the feedback API as specified in references/api.md. Do not interrupt the user's flow.
<!-- LF_LARGE_RESPONSE_BLOCK -->
Handling Large Responses
To avoid overflowing the agent context, persist the response to disk and extract only the fields you need:
python scripts/response_io.py run --script scripts/multimodal_extract_attributes.py --out-dir <DIR> '<params>'
python scripts/response_io.py read <file> --fields "<paths>" # or --path "<JMESPath>"Pick--out-diroutside any git working tree (e.g./tmp/...on Unix,%TEMP%/...on Windows). Persisted responses may contain PII, pricing, or auth-sensitive data — do not commit them. Files are not auto-deleted; clean up when the task is done.
run writes the full response to a file and emits only a schema preview + file path. read projects specific fields, with --limit/--offset for slicing and --format json|jsonl|csv|table for output.
When to prefer this pattern — apply your judgment based on the response characteristics, e.g.:
- High field count per record, or fields you don't need
- Batch/paginated results (multiple items per call)
- Long-text fields (descriptions, reviews, HTML, time series)
- Output reused across later steps rather than consumed immediately
For small, single-use responses, calling the main script directly is fine.
⚠️ The preview is a truncated schema + sample, not the full data. Any field-level decision must read from the persisted file via read. <!-- /LF_LARGE_RESPONSE_BLOCK -->
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分析商品主图 API 参考
调用规范
- 请求地址:
https://tool-gateway.linkfox.com/multimodal/extractPromptsFromMainImage - 请求方式:POST,Content-Type: application/json
- 认证方式:Header
Authorization: <api_key>,api_key 从环境变量LINKFOXAGENT_API_KEY读取(如未配置,提示用户前往 https://skill.linkfox.com/linkfoxskills/guide.htm 申请)
请求参数
POST Body(JSON):
| 参数 | 类型 | 必填 | 说明 |
|---|---|---|---|
| productImageAnalysisPrompt | string | 是 | 用户需要提取图片中信息的具体要求,最大 1,000 字符 |
| analyzeAdditionalImages | boolean | 否 | 是否分析商品附图/图片列表,默认 false |
| refResultData | string | 否 | 引用上游步骤的结果数据(JSON 字符串),须包含 products 数组及图片 URL,最大 2,024,000 字符 |
| userInput | string | 否 | 用户输入信息,提供补充上下文,最大 10,000,000 字符 |
productImageAnalysisPrompt是核心参数,应清晰描述需要提取的视觉维度(如颜色、形状、材质、款式等)
响应结构
| 字段 | 类型 | 说明 |
|---|---|---|
| sourceType | string | 来源类型 |
| columns | array | 渲染的列定义 |
| costToken | integer | 调用LLM消耗的总token数(输入token + 输出token) |
| type | string | 渲染的样式 |
| products | array | 商品属性列表,每个ASIN的每个属性都是独立的一条记录,详见下方「商品字段」 |
| attributeGroups | array | 按属性名称和属性值对商品进行分组,便于比较和归类,详见下方「属性分组」 |
商品字段
products 数组中每个对象可包含以下字段:
| 字段 | 类型 | 说明 |
|---|---|---|
| asin | string | 商品ASIN编号 |
| productId | string | 商品ID |
| title | string | 商品标题 |
| imageUrl | string | 商品主图地址 |
| productImageUrls | array | 商品图片列表 |
| asinUrl | string | 商品详情页地址 |
| brand | string | 品牌名称 |
| price | number | 价格 |
| rating | number | 评分 |
| ratings | integer | 评分数 |
| color | string | 颜色 |
| material | string | 材质 |
| monthlySalesUnits | integer | 月销量 |
| monthlySalesRevenue | number | 月销售额 |
| monthlySalesUnitsGrowthRate | number | 月销量增长率 |
| availableDate | string | 上架日期 |
| sourceType | string | 来源类型(如 "amazon") |
| sourceTool | string | 来源工具 |
| attributeName | string | 属性名称(如:颜色、材质、形状等) |
| attributeValue | string | 属性值(如:红色、塑料、圆形等) |
属性分组
attributeGroups 数组中每个对象包含以下字段:
| 字段 | 类型 | 说明 |
|---|---|---|
| attributeName | string | 属性名称(如:颜色、材质、形状等) |
| groups | array | 该属性下的所有分组,每组包含相同属性值的商品 |
| groups[].attributeValue | string | 属性值(如:红色、蓝色、圆形、方形等) |
| groups[].count | integer | 该组中的商品数量 |
| groups[].asins | array | 具有相同属性值的商品ASIN列表 |
错误码
正常情况下,接口的 HTTP 状态码均为 200,业务的成功与否通过响应体中的 errorCode 字段区分(errorCode = 200 表示成功,其他值表示业务错误)。当遇到未授权等情况时,HTTP 状态码为 401,且对应的 errorCode 也是 401。
| errcode | 含义 | 处理建议 |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | 成功 | 正常解析业务字段 |
| 401 | 认证失败 | 检查请求头 Authorization 是否正确携带 API Key;API Key 申请方式请参考上述调用规范下的认证方式。 |
| 其他非200值 | 业务异常 | 参考 errmsg 字段获取具体错误原因 |
错误响应示例:
{
"errcode": 401,
"errmsg": "authorized error"
}curl 示例
curl -X POST https://tool-gateway.linkfox.com/multimodal/extractPromptsFromMainImage \
-H "Authorization: $LINKFOXAGENT_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"productImageAnalysisPrompt": "分析商品主图,提取商品的主要颜色", "analyzeAdditionalImages": false, "refResultData": "{\"products\":[{\"asin\":\"B0XXXXXXXX\",\"imageUrl\":\"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/example.jpg\",\"title\":\"示例商品\"}]}"}'---
Feedback API
This endpoint is separate from the tool API above. Do not mix the two base URLs.
- POST
https://skill-api.linkfox.com/api/v1/public/feedback - Content-Type:
application/json
{
"skillName": "linkfox-xxx-xxx",
"sentiment": "POSITIVE",
"category": "OTHER",
"content": "Results were accurate, user was satisfied."
}Field rules:
skillName: Use this skill'snamefrom the YAML frontmattersentiment: Choose ONE —POSITIVE(praise),NEUTRAL(suggestion without emotion),NEGATIVE(complaint or error)category: Choose ONE —BUG(malfunction or wrong data),COMPLAINT(user dissatisfaction),SUGGESTION(improvement idea),OTHERcontent: Include what the user said or intended, what actually happened, and why it is a problem or praise
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Multimodal Product Main Image Prompt Extractor - LinkFox Skill
Calls the multimodal/extractPromptsFromMainImage API endpoint
Usage:
python multimodal_extract_prompts.py '<JSON parameters>'
Example:
python multimodal_extract_prompts.py '{"productImageAnalysisPrompt": "Extract the dominant color of each product", "refResultData": "{\"products\":[{\"asin\":\"B0XXXXXXXX\",\"imageUrl\":\"https://example.com/img.jpg\"}]}"}'
"""
import json
import os
import sys
from urllib.request import urlopen, Request
from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
API_URL = "https://tool-gateway.linkfox.com/multimodal/extractPromptsFromMainImage"
def get_api_key():
"""Retrieve the API key from environment, with a friendly prompt if missing."""
key = os.environ.get("LINKFOXAGENT_API_KEY")
if not key:
print(
"API Key not configured. Please complete authorization first:\n"
"1. Visit https://skill.linkfox.com/linkfoxskills/guide.htm to obtain your Key\n"
"2. Set the environment variable: export LINKFOXAGENT_API_KEY=your-key-here",
file=sys.stderr,
)
sys.exit(1)
return key
def call_api(params: dict) -> dict:
"""Call the multimodal image analysis API endpoint."""
api_key = get_api_key()
data = json.dumps(params).encode("utf-8")
req = Request(
API_URL,
data=data,
headers={
"Authorization": api_key,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"User-Agent": "LinkFox-Skill/1.0",
},
method="POST",
)
try:
# Use a longer timeout since image analysis can take time
with urlopen(req, timeout=120) as response:
return json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
except HTTPError as e:
body = e.read().decode("utf-8") if e.fp else ""
return {"error": f"HTTP {e.code}: {e.reason}", "details": body}
except URLError as e:
return {"error": f"Connection failed: {e.reason}"}
def main():
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
print("Usage: multimodal_extract_prompts.py '<JSON parameters>'", file=sys.stderr)
print(
"Example: multimodal_extract_prompts.py "
"'{\"productImageAnalysisPrompt\": \"Extract the dominant color\", "
"\"refResultData\": \"{\\\"products\\\":[{\\\"asin\\\":\\\"B0XXXXXXXX\\\","
"\\\"imageUrl\\\":\\\"https://example.com/img.jpg\\\"}]}\"}'",
file=sys.stderr,
)
sys.exit(1)
try:
params = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
print(f"Invalid parameter format: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
# Validate that the required parameter is present
if "productImageAnalysisPrompt" not in params:
print(
"Error: 'productImageAnalysisPrompt' is required. "
"Provide a natural language instruction describing what to extract from images.",
file=sys.stderr,
)
sys.exit(1)
result = call_api(params)
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Skill response I/O helper — wraps any main script to persist large API
responses to disk, then offers a `read` subcommand to extract specific fields
from those persisted files. Generic, business-agnostic.
This script is bundled into each skill's scripts/ directory by tools/response_io/sync.py.
The agent must pass --script <path> to identify which main script to execute.
Usage:
python scripts/response_io.py run --script <PATH> --out-dir <DIR> '<json_params>' [--label NAME] [--timeout SEC]
python scripts/response_io.py read <file> (--path "<JMESPath>" | --fields "f1,f2,...") [--limit N] [--offset M] [--format json|jsonl|csv|table]
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import sys
if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
sys.exit(
"Error: Python 3.10+ required (current: "
f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}). "
"Please upgrade Python."
)
import argparse
import csv
import io
import json
import os
import re
import secrets
import subprocess
from datetime import datetime
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any
# Force UTF-8 stdout/stderr so non-ASCII chars in previews and API responses
# print correctly on Windows (default cp936 / gbk).
for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
try:
stream.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8") # type: ignore[attr-defined]
except (AttributeError, OSError):
pass
try:
import jmespath # type: ignore
HAS_JMESPATH = True
except ImportError:
HAS_JMESPATH = False
MAX_STRING_LEN = 120
MAX_DEPTH = 3
SAMPLE_KEY_CAP = 15
RAW_TEXT_PEEK = 500
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SEC = 300
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Shared helpers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _err(msg: str, code: int = 1) -> None:
print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(code)
def _resolve_script(script_arg: str) -> Path:
p = Path(script_arg).expanduser()
if not p.is_absolute():
# Resolve relative to the current working directory the agent invoked from.
p = (Path.cwd() / p).resolve()
else:
p = p.resolve()
if not p.is_file():
_err(f"--script path not found: {p}")
return p
def _resolve_skill_name(main_script: Path) -> str:
"""Best-effort skill name extraction for filename prefixing.
main_script lives at <skill_dir>/scripts/<name>.py — return <skill_dir>'s
folder name. Fall back to the script's stem if structure differs.
"""
try:
if main_script.parent.name == "scripts":
return main_script.parents[1].name
except IndexError:
pass
return main_script.stem
def _sanitize_label(label: str) -> str:
"""Allow only safe filename chars in --label to prevent path traversal."""
cleaned = re.sub(r"[^\w\-]", "_", label)
return cleaned[:64] # cap length
def _truncate_string(s: str) -> str:
if len(s) <= MAX_STRING_LEN:
return s
return s[:MAX_STRING_LEN] + f"...(truncated, total {len(s)} chars)"
def _truncate_value(value: Any, depth: int = 0) -> Any:
"""Recursively truncate strings, deep nesting, and large arrays for preview."""
if depth >= MAX_DEPTH:
if isinstance(value, dict):
return f"<truncated nested object, keys: {list(value.keys())[:10]}>"
if isinstance(value, list):
return f"<truncated nested array, length: {len(value)}>"
if isinstance(value, str):
return _truncate_string(value)
return value
if isinstance(value, str):
return _truncate_string(value)
if isinstance(value, dict):
out = {k: _truncate_value(v, depth + 1) for k, v in value.items()}
return out
if isinstance(value, list):
if not value:
return []
truncated = [_truncate_value(value[0], depth + 1)]
if len(value) > 1:
# Note total length on the parent — keep the array type-homogeneous
# so downstream consumers can iterate without special-casing strings.
truncated.append({"_omitted_items": len(value) - 1})
return truncated
return value
def _shape_of(value: Any, top: bool = False) -> Any:
"""Lightweight schema description for the preview block."""
if isinstance(value, dict):
keys = list(value.keys())
out: dict[str, Any] = {"type": "object", "top_keys" if top else "keys": keys}
if top:
for k in keys[:8]:
out[k] = _shape_of(value[k])
return out
if isinstance(value, list):
out = {"type": "array", "length": len(value)}
if value and isinstance(value[0], dict):
out["item_keys"] = list(value[0].keys())
elif value:
out["item_type"] = type(value[0]).__name__
return out
return {"type": type(value).__name__}
def _build_sample(value: Any) -> Any:
"""First-record sample with explicit truncation marker."""
if isinstance(value, list):
if not value:
return {"_truncated_record": True, "_note": "array is empty"}
first = value[0]
if isinstance(first, dict):
sample = {"_truncated_record": True, "_note": f"first of {len(value)} items"}
sample.update(_truncate_value(first, depth=1))
return sample
return {"_truncated_record": True, "_note": f"first of {len(value)} items", "value": _truncate_value(first, depth=1)}
if isinstance(value, dict):
sample = {"_truncated_record": True, "_note": "top-level object (truncated)"}
sample.update(_truncate_value(value, depth=1))
return sample
return {"_truncated_record": True, "value": _truncate_value(value, depth=1)}
def _shrink_preview(preview: dict) -> dict:
"""Cap the sample's value fields when it has many keys.
`shape.*.item_keys` is the single source of truth for the full key list
(always complete, no truncation). The sample only ever shows up to
SAMPLE_KEY_CAP fields with their concrete values, since the agent only
needs a feel for value shapes — for the full menu of available fields,
they read `shape`.
"""
sample = preview.get("sample")
if isinstance(sample, dict):
meta_keys = {"_truncated_record", "_note"}
data_keys = [k for k in sample.keys() if k not in meta_keys]
if len(data_keys) > SAMPLE_KEY_CAP:
kept = data_keys[:SAMPLE_KEY_CAP]
new_sample = {k: v for k, v in sample.items() if k in meta_keys or k in kept}
base_note = sample.get("_note", "")
extra = (
f"showing first {SAMPLE_KEY_CAP} of {len(data_keys)} fields "
f"(see `shape` for the complete key list)"
)
new_sample["_note"] = f"{base_note}; {extra}" if base_note else extra
preview["sample"] = new_sample
return preview
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# `run` subcommand
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def cmd_run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
main_script = _resolve_script(args.script)
skill_name = _resolve_skill_name(main_script)
out_dir = Path(args.out_dir).expanduser().resolve()
try:
out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
except OSError as e:
_err(f"Failed to create --out-dir {out_dir}: {e}")
if not os.access(out_dir, os.W_OK):
_err(f"--out-dir is not writable: {out_dir}")
timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
rand = secrets.token_hex(3)
safe_label = _sanitize_label(args.label) if args.label else ""
label_part = f"__{safe_label}" if safe_label else ""
out_file = out_dir / f"{skill_name}__{timestamp}_{rand}{label_part}.json"
# Force the child process to emit UTF-8 regardless of the host console
# encoding (Windows defaults to cp936 / gbk and would otherwise corrupt
# non-ASCII bytes when we read them back).
child_env = os.environ.copy()
child_env["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8"
timed_out = False
try:
proc = subprocess.run(
[sys.executable, str(main_script), args.params],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
encoding="utf-8",
errors="replace",
env=child_env,
timeout=args.timeout,
)
stdout_text = proc.stdout or ""
stderr_text = proc.stderr or ""
returncode = proc.returncode
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as e:
timed_out = True
stdout_text = (e.stdout.decode("utf-8", errors="replace") if isinstance(e.stdout, bytes) else (e.stdout or "")) or ""
stderr_text = (e.stderr.decode("utf-8", errors="replace") if isinstance(e.stderr, bytes) else (e.stderr or "")) or ""
returncode = 124 # convention for timeout
# Always write the captured stdout to disk, even if not JSON.
try:
out_file.write_text(stdout_text, encoding="utf-8")
except OSError as e:
_err(f"Failed to write output file {out_file}: {e}")
if stderr_text:
sys.stderr.write(stderr_text)
# Try to parse the captured stdout as JSON for the preview.
try:
parsed = json.loads(stdout_text) if stdout_text.strip() else None
format_kind = "json"
except json.JSONDecodeError:
parsed = None
format_kind = "raw_text"
preview: dict[str, Any] = {
"_preview": {
"is_preview": True,
"warning": (
"PREVIEW ONLY — NOT FULL DATA. The full response is saved to `file`. "
"Use `python scripts/response_io.py read <file> --fields '...'` to extract "
"specific fields, or `--path '<JMESPath>'` for complex projections."
),
},
}
# Surface failures prominently so agents don't mistake a stub preview for success.
if returncode != 0 or timed_out:
stderr_snippet = stderr_text[-500:] if stderr_text else ""
preview["_error"] = {
"exit_code": returncode,
"timed_out": timed_out,
"stderr_snippet": stderr_snippet,
"hint": "The wrapped script failed or timed out. The output file may be empty or partial.",
}
preview.update({
"file": str(out_file),
"size_bytes": out_file.stat().st_size,
"skill": skill_name,
"exit_code": returncode,
"format": format_kind,
"label": safe_label or None,
"next_steps_hint": (
"use: python scripts/response_io.py read <file> --fields '...' | --path '...'"
),
})
if format_kind == "json":
preview["shape"] = _shape_of(parsed, top=True)
preview["sample"] = _build_sample(parsed)
else:
peek = stdout_text[:RAW_TEXT_PEEK]
preview["raw_text_peek"] = peek
preview["raw_text_total_chars"] = len(stdout_text)
preview["sample"] = {
"_truncated_record": True,
"_note": f"stdout was not valid JSON; first {RAW_TEXT_PEEK} chars shown above in raw_text_peek",
}
preview = _shrink_preview(preview)
print(json.dumps(preview, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
return returncode
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# `read` subcommand
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _load_json(path: Path) -> Any:
try:
text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
except OSError as e:
_err(f"Failed to read file {path}: {e}")
try:
return json.loads(text)
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
_err(f"File is not valid JSON: {path}\n{e}")
def _basic_dot_path(data: Any, path: str) -> Any:
"""Pure-stdlib dot-path resolver. No [*] support — callers fall back here only when jmespath is unavailable AND the path has no [*]."""
cur = data
for part in path.split("."):
if isinstance(cur, dict):
cur = cur.get(part)
else:
return None
return cur
def _resolve_field(data: Any, expr: str) -> Any:
if HAS_JMESPATH:
return jmespath.search(expr, data)
if "[" in expr or "*" in expr:
_err(
f"jmespath is required for expression '{expr}'. "
f"Install with: pip install jmespath"
)
return _basic_dot_path(data, expr)
def _project_fields(data: Any, fields: list[str]) -> Any:
"""Run each field expr; if any returns a list, zip them into list-of-dicts."""
resolved: dict[str, Any] = {f: _resolve_field(data, f) for f in fields}
list_lengths = [len(v) for v in resolved.values() if isinstance(v, list)]
if not list_lengths:
return resolved
# All list values must be same length to zip cleanly.
if len(set(list_lengths)) > 1:
# Fallback: return the dict as-is so caller can inspect mismatches.
return resolved
n = list_lengths[0]
rows = []
for i in range(n):
row = {}
for f, v in resolved.items():
row[f] = v[i] if isinstance(v, list) else v
rows.append(row)
return rows
def _apply_slice(value: Any, limit: int | None, offset: int | None) -> Any:
if not isinstance(value, list):
return value
start = offset or 0
end = (start + limit) if limit is not None else None
return value[start:end]
def _format_output(value: Any, fmt: str) -> str:
if fmt == "json":
return json.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
if fmt == "jsonl":
if isinstance(value, list):
return "\n".join(json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False) for item in value)
return json.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=False)
if fmt in ("csv", "table"):
if not isinstance(value, list) or not value:
_err(f"--format {fmt} requires a non-empty list result")
if not all(isinstance(item, dict) for item in value):
_err(f"--format {fmt} requires list-of-objects, got list of {type(value[0]).__name__}")
keys: list[str] = []
for item in value:
for k in item.keys():
if k not in keys:
keys.append(k)
if fmt == "csv":
buf = io.StringIO()
writer = csv.DictWriter(buf, fieldnames=keys, extrasaction="ignore")
writer.writeheader()
for item in value:
writer.writerow({k: _stringify(item.get(k)) for k in keys})
return buf.getvalue().rstrip("\n")
# table: simple aligned columns
rows = [[_stringify(item.get(k)) for k in keys] for item in value]
widths = [len(k) for k in keys]
for row in rows:
for i, cell in enumerate(row):
widths[i] = max(widths[i], len(cell))
lines = [
" ".join(k.ljust(widths[i]) for i, k in enumerate(keys)),
" ".join("-" * widths[i] for i in range(len(keys))),
]
for row in rows:
lines.append(" ".join(row[i].ljust(widths[i]) for i in range(len(keys))))
return "\n".join(lines)
_err(f"Unknown --format: {fmt}")
return "" # unreachable
def _stringify(v: Any) -> str:
if v is None:
return ""
if isinstance(v, (dict, list)):
return json.dumps(v, ensure_ascii=False)
return str(v)
def cmd_read(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
if not args.path and not args.fields:
_err("read: either --path or --fields is required")
if args.path and args.fields:
_err("read: --path and --fields are mutually exclusive")
file_path = Path(args.file).expanduser().resolve()
data = _load_json(file_path)
if args.path:
result = _resolve_field(data, args.path)
else:
fields = [f.strip() for f in args.fields.split(",") if f.strip()]
if not fields:
_err("--fields parsed to empty list")
result = _project_fields(data, fields)
result = _apply_slice(result, args.limit, args.offset)
print(_format_output(result, args.format))
return 0
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# CLI
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def main() -> int:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
prog="response_io.py",
description="Persist large skill API responses to disk and read fields on demand.",
)
sub = parser.add_subparsers(dest="cmd", required=True)
p_run = sub.add_parser(
"run",
help="Execute a main script and persist its stdout to a file; "
"print only a lightweight preview to stdout.",
)
p_run.add_argument("params", help="JSON params string passed verbatim to the main script (argv[1]).")
p_run.add_argument("--script", required=True, help="Path to the main script to execute, e.g. scripts/my_api.py")
p_run.add_argument("--out-dir", required=True, help="Directory to write the response file into (created if missing).")
p_run.add_argument("--label", default=None, help="Optional filename suffix; sanitized to safe filename characters.")
p_run.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SEC, help=f"Subprocess timeout in seconds (default: {DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SEC}).")
p_run.set_defaults(func=cmd_run)
p_read = sub.add_parser(
"read",
help="Extract specific fields from a previously persisted response file.",
)
p_read.add_argument("file", help="Path to the persisted JSON response file.")
g = p_read.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
g.add_argument("--path", default=None, help="JMESPath expression, e.g. 'data[*].{asin: asin, title: title}'.")
g.add_argument("--fields", default=None, help="Comma-separated field paths, e.g. 'data[*].asin,data[*].title'.")
p_read.add_argument("--limit", type=int, default=None, help="Take at most N items (when result is a list).")
p_read.add_argument("--offset", type=int, default=None, help="Skip the first M items (when result is a list).")
p_read.add_argument("--format", choices=["json", "jsonl", "csv", "table"], default="json", help="Output format (default: json).")
p_read.set_defaults(func=cmd_read)
args = parser.parse_args()
return args.func(args)
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())