PLT-5697: Add --validate flag to bulk import CLI. (#5642)

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/platform/import.go b/cmd/platform/import.go
index 2f995aad2..d0b2de162 100644
--- a/cmd/platform/import.go
+++ b/cmd/platform/import.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ var bulkImportCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 func init() {
 	bulkImportCmd.Flags().Bool("apply", false, "Save the import data to the database. Use with caution - this cannot be reverted.")
+	bulkImportCmd.Flags().Bool("validate", false, "Validate the import data without making any changes to the system.")
 
 	importCmd.AddCommand(
 		bulkImportCmd,
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ func bulkImportCmdF(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return errors.New("Apply flag error")
 	}
 
+	validate, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("validate")
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("Validate flag error")
+	}
+
 	if len(args) != 1 {
 		return errors.New("Incorrect number of arguments.")
 	}
@@ -91,7 +97,10 @@ func bulkImportCmdF(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	defer fileReader.Close()
 
-	if apply {
+	if apply && validate {
+		CommandPrettyPrintln("Use only one of --apply or --validate.")
+		return nil
+	} else if apply && !validate {
 		CommandPrettyPrintln("Running Bulk Import. This may take a long time.")
 	} else {
 		CommandPrettyPrintln("Running Bulk Import Data Validation.")