forward the remaining of the stdin args to the server

arguments.go

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package cmds
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// StdinArguments is used to iterate through arguments piped through stdin.
+type StdinArguments interface {
+	io.ReadCloser
+	// Returns the next argument passed via stdin.
+	//
+	// This method will never return an error along with a value, it will
+	// return one or the other.
+	//
+	// Once all arguments have been read, it will return "", io.EOF
+	Next() (string, error)
+}
+
+type arguments struct {
+	reader *bufio.Reader
+	closer io.Closer
+}
+
+func newArguments(r io.ReadCloser) *arguments {
+	return &arguments{
+		reader: bufio.NewReader(r),
+		closer: r,
+	}
+}
+
+// Read implements the io.Reader interface
+func (a *arguments) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	return a.reader.Read(b)
+}
+
+// Close implements the io.Closer interface
+func (a *arguments) Close() error {
+	return a.closer.Close()
+}
+
+// WriteTo implements the io.WriterTo interface
+func (a *arguments) WriteTo(w io.Writer) (int64, error) {
+	return a.reader.WriteTo(w)
+}
+
+// Next returns the next argument
+func (a *arguments) Next() (string, error) {
+	s, err := a.reader.ReadString('\n')
+	switch err {
+	case io.EOF:
+		if s == "" {
+			return "", io.EOF
+		}
+		// drop the error.
+		return s, nil
+	case nil:
+		l := len(s)
+		if l >= 2 && s[l-2] == '\r' {
+			return s[:l-2], nil
+		}
+		return s[:l-1], nil
+	default:
+		return "", err
+	}
+}

command.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ output to the user, including text, JSON, and XML marshallers.
 package cmds
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ func (c *Command) CheckArguments(req *Request) error {
 		switch err {
 		case io.EOF:
 		case nil:
-			req.bodyArgs = bufio.NewScanner(fi)
+			req.bodyArgs = newArguments(fi)
 			// Can't pass files and stdin arguments.
 			req.Files = nil
 		default:
@@ -267,13 +266,13 @@ func (c *Command) CheckArguments(req *Request) error {
 
 		// Can we get it from stdin?
 		if argDef.SupportsStdin && req.bodyArgs != nil {
-			if req.bodyArgs.Scan() {
+			next, err := req.bodyArgs.Next()
+			if err == nil {
 				// Found it!
-				req.Arguments = append(req.Arguments, req.bodyArgs.Text())
+				req.Arguments = append(req.Arguments, next)
 				continue
 			}
-			// Nope! Maybe we had a read error?
-			if err := req.bodyArgs.Err(); err != nil {
+			if err != io.EOF {
 				return err
 			}
 			// No, just missing.

http/client.go

@@ -137,17 +137,20 @@ func (c *client) Send(req *cmds.Request) (cmds.Response, error) {
 	}
 
 	var fileReader *files.MultiFileReader
-	var reader io.Reader
-
-	if req.Files != nil {
+	if bodyArgs := req.BodyArgs(); bodyArgs != nil {
+		// In the end, this wraps a file reader in a file reader.
+		// However, such is life.
+		fileReader = files.NewMultiFileReader(files.NewSliceFile("", "", []files.File{
+			files.NewReaderFile("stdin", "", bodyArgs, nil),
+		}), true)
+	} else if req.Files != nil {
 		fileReader = files.NewMultiFileReader(req.Files, true)
-		reader = fileReader
 	}
 
 	path := strings.Join(req.Path, "/")
 	url := fmt.Sprintf(ApiUrlFormat, c.serverAddress, c.apiPrefix, path, query)
 
-	httpReq, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, reader)
+	httpReq, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, fileReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

request.go

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package cmds
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"reflect"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmdkit"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type Request struct {
 
 	Files files.File
 
-	bodyArgs *bufio.Scanner
+	bodyArgs *arguments
 }
 
 // NewRequest returns a request initialized with given arguments
@@ -50,8 +50,17 @@ func NewRequest(ctx context.Context, path []string, opts cmdkit.OptMap, args []s
 }
 
 // BodyArgs returns a scanner that returns arguments passed in the body as tokens.
-func (req *Request) BodyArgs() *bufio.Scanner {
-	return req.bodyArgs
+//
+// Returns nil if there are no arguments to be consumed via stdin.
+func (req *Request) BodyArgs() StdinArguments {
+	// dance to make sure we return an *untyped* nil.
+	// DO NOT just return `req.bodyArgs`.
+	// If you'd like to complain, go to
+	// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/.
+	if req.bodyArgs != nil {
+		return req.bodyArgs
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (req *Request) ParseBodyArgs() error {
@@ -60,11 +69,16 @@ func (req *Request) ParseBodyArgs() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	for s.Scan() {
-		req.Arguments = append(req.Arguments, s.Text())
+	for {
+		next, err := s.Next()
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+		req.Arguments = append(req.Arguments, next)
 	}
-
-	return s.Err()
 }
 
 func (req *Request) SetOption(name string, value interface{}) {