Add support for qmk_configurator style aliases (#11954)

* Add support for qmk_configurator style aliases

* add the keyboard aliases to the api data

* add support for a keyboard metadata file

* make flake8 happy

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/api.py b/lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/api.py
index 6d111f244..9870f7201 100755
--- a/lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/api.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/cli/generate/api.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from milc import cli
 from qmk.datetime import current_datetime
 from qmk.info import info_json
 from qmk.info_json_encoder import InfoJSONEncoder
+from qmk.json_schema import json_load
 from qmk.keyboard import list_keyboards
 
 
@@ -18,43 +19,58 @@ def generate_api(cli):
     """
     api_data_dir = Path('api_data')
     v1_dir = api_data_dir / 'v1'
-    keyboard_list = v1_dir / 'keyboard_list.json'
-    keyboard_all = v1_dir / 'keyboards.json'
-    usb_file = v1_dir / 'usb.json'
+    keyboard_all_file = v1_dir / 'keyboards.json'               # A massive JSON containing everything
+    keyboard_list_file = v1_dir / 'keyboard_list.json'          # A simple list of keyboard targets
+    keyboard_aliases_file = v1_dir / 'keyboard_aliases.json'    # A list of historical keyboard names and their new name
+    keyboard_metadata_file = v1_dir / 'keyboard_metadata.json'  # All the data configurator/via needs for initialization
+    usb_file = v1_dir / 'usb.json'                         # A mapping of USB VID/PID -> keyboard target
 
     if not api_data_dir.exists():
         api_data_dir.mkdir()
 
-    kb_all = {'last_updated': current_datetime(), 'keyboards': {}}
-    usb_list = {'last_updated': current_datetime(), 'devices': {}}
+    kb_all = {}
+    usb_list = {}
 
     # Generate and write keyboard specific JSON files
     for keyboard_name in list_keyboards():
-        kb_all['keyboards'][keyboard_name] = info_json(keyboard_name)
+        kb_all[keyboard_name] = info_json(keyboard_name)
         keyboard_dir = v1_dir / 'keyboards' / keyboard_name
         keyboard_info = keyboard_dir / 'info.json'
         keyboard_readme = keyboard_dir / 'readme.md'
         keyboard_readme_src = Path('keyboards') / keyboard_name / 'readme.md'
 
         keyboard_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        keyboard_info.write_text(json.dumps({'last_updated': current_datetime(), 'keyboards': {keyboard_name: kb_all['keyboards'][keyboard_name]}}))
+        keyboard_info.write_text(json.dumps({'last_updated': current_datetime(), 'keyboards': {keyboard_name: kb_all[keyboard_name]}}))
 
         if keyboard_readme_src.exists():
             copyfile(keyboard_readme_src, keyboard_readme)
 
-        if 'usb' in kb_all['keyboards'][keyboard_name]:
-            usb = kb_all['keyboards'][keyboard_name]['usb']
+        if 'usb' in kb_all[keyboard_name]:
+            usb = kb_all[keyboard_name]['usb']
 
-            if 'vid' in usb and usb['vid'] not in usb_list['devices']:
-                usb_list['devices'][usb['vid']] = {}
+            if 'vid' in usb and usb['vid'] not in usb_list:
+                usb_list[usb['vid']] = {}
 
-            if 'pid' in usb and usb['pid'] not in usb_list['devices'][usb['vid']]:
-                usb_list['devices'][usb['vid']][usb['pid']] = {}
+            if 'pid' in usb and usb['pid'] not in usb_list[usb['vid']]:
+                usb_list[usb['vid']][usb['pid']] = {}
 
             if 'vid' in usb and 'pid' in usb:
-                usb_list['devices'][usb['vid']][usb['pid']][keyboard_name] = usb
+                usb_list[usb['vid']][usb['pid']][keyboard_name] = usb
 
     # Write the global JSON files
-    keyboard_list.write_text(json.dumps({'last_updated': current_datetime(), 'keyboards': sorted(kb_all['keyboards'])}, cls=InfoJSONEncoder))
-    keyboard_all.write_text(json.dumps(kb_all, cls=InfoJSONEncoder))
-    usb_file.write_text(json.dumps(usb_list, cls=InfoJSONEncoder))
+    keyboard_all_file.write_text(json.dumps({'last_updated': current_datetime(), 'keyboards': kb_all}, cls=InfoJSONEncoder))
+    usb_file.write_text(json.dumps({'last_updated': current_datetime(), 'usb': usb_list}, cls=InfoJSONEncoder))
+
+    keyboard_list = sorted(kb_all)
+    keyboard_list_file.write_text(json.dumps({'last_updated': current_datetime(), 'keyboards': keyboard_list}, cls=InfoJSONEncoder))
+
+    keyboard_aliases = json_load(Path('data/mappings/keyboard_aliases.json'))
+    keyboard_aliases_file.write_text(json.dumps({'last_updated': current_datetime(), 'keyboard_aliases': keyboard_aliases}, cls=InfoJSONEncoder))
+
+    keyboard_metadata = {
+        'last_updated': current_datetime(),
+        'keyboards': keyboard_list,
+        'keyboard_aliases': keyboard_aliases,
+        'usb': usb_list
+    }
+    keyboard_metadata_file.write_text(json.dumps(keyboard_metadata, cls=InfoJSONEncoder))