feat(notebooks): add append-only edit command

src/commands/notebooks.rs

@@ -53,6 +53,50 @@ pub async fn update(cfg: &Config, notebook_id: i64, file: &str) -> Result<()> {
     formatter::output(cfg, &resp)
 }
 
+/// Append-only update: fetches the current notebook, appends cells from
+/// `file` (an array of cell objects), then writes the full modified notebook back.
+pub async fn edit(cfg: &Config, notebook_id: i64, file: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    let api = crate::make_api!(NotebooksAPI, cfg);
+
+    // Fetch current notebook so we can append without clobbering existing cells.
+    let current = api
+        .get_notebook(notebook_id)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to fetch notebook {notebook_id}: {e:?}"))?;
+
+    // Serialize current notebook to Value so we can manipulate cells generically.
+    let mut nb: serde_json::Value = serde_json::to_value(&current)
+        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to serialize notebook: {e:?}"))?;
+
+    // Read the new cells to append from the file (expected: array of cell objects).
+    let new_cells: serde_json::Value = util::read_json_file(file)?;
+    let new_cells_arr = new_cells
+        .as_array()
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("--file must contain a JSON array of cell objects"))?;
+
+    // Append new cells to the existing cells array.
+    let cells = nb
+        .pointer_mut("/data/attributes/cells")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_array_mut())
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("could not locate cells array in notebook response"))?;
+    cells.extend(new_cells_arr.iter().cloned());
+
+    // Write back via the typed update endpoint.
+    let update_body: NotebookUpdateRequest = serde_json::from_value(
+        nb.get("data")
+            .cloned()
+            .map(|data| serde_json::json!({ "data": data }))
+            .unwrap_or(nb.clone()),
+    )
+    .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to build update request: {e:?}"))?;
+
+    let resp = api
+        .update_notebook(notebook_id, update_body)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to edit notebook: {e:?}"))?;
+    formatter::output(cfg, &resp)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 

src/main.rs

@@ -5644,12 +5644,21 @@ enum NotebookActions {
         #[arg(long, help = "JSON file with notebook data (required)")]
         file: String,
     },
-    /// Update a notebook
+    /// Update a notebook (full replace)
     Update {
         notebook_id: i64,
         #[arg(long, help = "JSON file with notebook data (required)")]
         file: String,
     },
+    /// Append cells to an existing notebook (reads current notebook first, then appends)
+    Edit {
+        notebook_id: i64,
+        #[arg(
+            long,
+            help = "JSON file containing an array of cell objects to append (required)"
+        )]
+        file: String,
+    },
     /// Delete a notebook
     Delete { notebook_id: i64 },
 }
@@ -12041,6 +12050,9 @@ async fn main_inner() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 NotebookActions::Update { notebook_id, file } => {
                     commands::notebooks::update(&cfg, notebook_id, &file).await?;
                 }
+                NotebookActions::Edit { notebook_id, file } => {
+                    commands::notebooks::edit(&cfg, notebook_id, &file).await?;
+                }
                 NotebookActions::Delete { notebook_id } => {
                     commands::notebooks::delete(&cfg, notebook_id).await?;
                 }