gh project view with web flag does not open interactive mode

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a not-yet-implemented feature.
gh project view with web flag does not open interactive mode

Describe the bug

gh project view with web flag does not open interactive mode, instead opens the browser with a project URL missing with zero values for organization and project number.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

In any repo directory, run the following command:

$ gh project view --web

Opens the browser with the URL:

https://github.com/orgs//projects/0

Expected vs actual behavior

Based on how the project command works without the --web flag, I would expect the command to start interactive mode and prompt me to select a project. Instead, it opens the browser with a URL that is missing the organization and project number.

$ gh project view
? Which owner would you like to use?  [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
> harveysanders
# ... rest of available organizations

Many of the other commands start interactive mode when the --web and no other arguments are provided. For example, gh run view --web starts interactive mode and prompts me to select a run.
Ex. running the view command in this cli/cli repo:

gh run view --web
? Select a workflow run  [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
> - Unexpecte comparison operator error when using templates with graphql query, Discussion Triage (trunk) 50m38s ago
  ✓ Unexpecte comparison operator error when using templates with graphql query, Issue Automation (trunk) 50m46s ago
  - Unexpecte comparison operator error when using templates with graphql query, Discussion Triage (trunk) 50m46s ago

Given this behavior on some of the other commands, I expected the same behavior for project.

Anyway, thanks for building this great tool. I use it nearly every day. I'd be happy to submit a PR in time if this is not a high-priority issue.

forgot the version

gh --version
gh version 2.44.1 (2024-02-16)
https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.44.1

@harveysanders

Hey @harveysanders thanks for the detailed bug report, very useful. I can verify this happens to me.

I can see it being borderline between a missing feature (since the documented example does work) and a bug. In either case I think it's reasonable to expect this to work.

I'm going to label this as help wanted and would love to receive a PR from you. I haven't confirmed but seems like we'd need to move this conditional below the NewOwner and NewProject which do the prompting, and to add some tests that ensure this works in TTY mode and respond to the prompts correctly:

cli/pkg/cmd/project/view/view.go

Lines 85 to 95 in fcb1576

    
           if config.opts.web { 
        
           	url, err := buildURL(config) 
        
           	if err != nil { 
        
           		return err 
        
           	} 
        
           	if err := config.URLOpener(url); err != nil { 
        
           		return err 
        
           	} 
        
           	return nil 
        
           }

@williammartin

@williammartin sounds good! Thanks for the pointers. I'm not sure when I'll be able to get to it, but I'd be happy to put something together.

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	if config.opts.web {
	url, err := buildURL(config)
	if err != nil {
	return err
	}

	if err := config.URLOpener(url); err != nil {
	return err
	}
	return nil
	}

gh project view with web flag does not open interactive mode #8721

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