Show pipeline description in Add Pipeline modal

[JonoYang]

It would be nice to show the pipeline descriptions in the Add Pipeline modal to show the user what each pipeline does. The description could be directly under the dropdown.

[swastkk]

Was in a doubt that how we can use the selected choice of the pipeline?
https://github.com/nexB/scancode.io/blob/f7c91fa08ace0f6bee272aa9a0e2b375fa874297/scanpipe/templates/scanpipe/includes/add_pipeline_modal.html#L12-L16

here how we can use the selected pipeline? like I know how to use it with javascript is there any method to use it in python?

[sivangbagri]

Hii ! I am working on this issue for a while , but I am unable to find where the pipeline's description is stored and using which attribute can I fetch it to display in html file.
@JonoYang

[mohd-moazzam]

is it ok @JonoYang

[JonoYang]

@moazzam07

That's the general idea of what I'm looking for. I was hoping to have the pipeline descriptions be properly formatted with the supported manifest files on a different line, for example:

    A pipeline to inspect one or more manifest files and resolve its packages.

    Supports:
    - PyPI "requirements.txt" files
    - SPDX document as JSON ".spdx.json" files
    - CycloneDX BOM as JSON ".bom.json" and ".cdx.json" files
    - AboutCode ".ABOUT" files

Also, do you get the pipeline descriptions itself?

[mohd-moazzam]

@JonoYang
i am making it static like I have made a dictionary and get the description of pipelines

[tdruez]

@JonoYang #641 introduce a new way to display the available pipeline choices in the "Add pipeline" modal.

The benefit of that approach is to see the full list of pipelines along their summary without having to select them one by one.
Let me know what you think about this change:

[JonoYang]

@tdruez Looks good! I like the idea of displaying all the pipelines at once to quickly see what each of them do. I think it would be good for UI consistency to have the radio buttons next to the pipeline descriptions on the initial pipeline creation page, and then remove the pipeline dropdown:

[tdruez]

@JonoYang I've merged the improvement for the pipeline selection in the modal for now.
We'll keep the issue open for improving the Create project form.