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Messing around with knife exec

SEARCH='chef_environment:*dev*' knife exec partial_search.rb
# - name: node-a
#   hostname: node-a
#   fqdn: node-a.domain.net
#   ipaddress: 10.190.116.124
#   run_list:
#   - role[base_os]
#   - recipe[some_cookbook]
#   chef_environment: awesome_app_dev
#   tags:
#   - tag-1
#   - tag-3
# - name: node-b.domain.net
#   hostname: node-b
#   fqdn: node-b.domain.net
#   ipaddress: 10.190.115.7
#   run_list:
#   - role[base_os]
#   - recipe[another_cookbook::some_recipe]
#   chef_environment: cool_service_dev
#   tags:
#   - tag-2

partial_search.rb

require 'yaml'

q = ENV['SEARCH']
raise "Set environment variable 'SEARCH' to specify the search query!" unless q

partial = {
  'name'             => ['name'],
  'hostname'         => ['hostname'],
  'fqdn'             => ['fqdn'],
  'ipaddress'        => ['ipaddress'],
  'run_list'         => ['run_list'],
  'chef_environment' => ['chef_environment'],
  'tags'             => ['tags'],
}
resp = api.post("search/node?q=#{q}", partial)
nodes = resp['rows'].map { |r| r['data'] }

puts nodes.to_yaml