# output

URL: /milo-cli/api/milo/output/
Section: milo
Description: Structured output formatting for CLI commands.

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Module

#
`output`

Structured output formatting for CLI commands.

6Functions

## Functions

`format_output`

3

`str`

▼

Format command output based on requested format.

Formats:
plain — human-r…

`def format_output(data: Any, fmt: str = 'plain', template: str = '') -> str`

Format command output based on requested format.

Formats:

```
plain  — human-readable (default)
json   — JSON output
table  — tabular output (for lists of dicts)
template — render through a kida template
```

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`data`
`Any`

`fmt`
`str`

Default:`'plain'`

`template`
`str`

Default:`''`

##### Returns

`str`

`_format_json`

1

`str`

▼

JSON output.

`def _format_json(data: Any) -> str`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`data`
`Any`

##### Returns

`str`

`_format_plain`

1

`str`

▼

Human-readable plain output.

`def _format_plain(data: Any) -> str`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`data`
`Any`

##### Returns

`str`

`_format_table`

1

`str`

▼

Table output using kida's table filter if available.

`def _format_table(data: Any) -> str`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`data`
`Any`

##### Returns

`str`

`_format_template`

2

`str`

▼

Render through a kida template.

`def _format_template(data: Any, template_name: str) -> str`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`data`
`Any`

`template_name`
`str`

##### Returns

`str`

`write_output`

3

`None`

▼

Format and write command output to stdout.

`def write_output(data: Any, fmt: str = 'plain', template: str = '') -> None`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`data`
`Any`

`fmt`
`str`

Default:`'plain'`

`template`
`str`

Default:`''`