From a739b170b7bdca47c843dc4bc35a340a9faa4de4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon Williams <brandon.williams@amazee.io>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:12:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: output of `retrieve backup` looks like an error

---
 cmd/retrieve.go    | 11 +++++++++--
 pkg/output/main.go |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/retrieve.go b/cmd/retrieve.go
index 89e29a48..f1619fa6 100644
--- a/cmd/retrieve.go
+++ b/cmd/retrieve.go
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/uselagoon/lagoon-cli/pkg/output"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/uselagoon/lagoon-cli/pkg/output"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/uselagoon/machinery/api/lagoon"
 	lclient "github.com/uselagoon/machinery/api/lagoon/client"
@@ -60,7 +61,13 @@ You can check the status of the backup using the list backups or get backup comm
 				}
 				return err
 			}
-			resultData := output.Result{Result: fmt.Sprintf("successfully created restore with ID: %d", result.ID)}
+			resultData := output.Result{
+				Result: "success",
+				ResultData: map[string]interface{}{
+					"ID":     result.ID,
+					"Status": "pending",
+				},
+			}
 			r := output.RenderResult(resultData, outputOptions)
 			fmt.Fprintf(cmd.OutOrStdout(), "%s", r)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/output/main.go b/pkg/output/main.go
index b46edfce..d31b9a57 100644
--- a/pkg/output/main.go
+++ b/pkg/output/main.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type Options struct {
 // Result .
 type Result struct {
 	ResultData map[string]interface{} `json:"data,omitempty"`
-	Result     string                 `json:"result,omitempty"`
+	Result     string                 `json:"result,omitempty"` // `success` or warning/error message
 	Error      string                 `json:"error,omitempty"`
 	Info       string                 `json:"info,omitempty"`
 }

From dd0ed3097ed502baacadc4eb136e43415ab0cdd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon Williams <brandon.williams@amazee.io>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:12:49 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] feat: output of `get backup` can be piped directly to
 curl/wget

---
 cmd/environment.go      |  3 +--
 pkg/output/main.go      |  9 +++++++++
 pkg/output/main_test.go | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/environment.go b/cmd/environment.go
index 4311f1a1..4f37414b 100644
--- a/cmd/environment.go
+++ b/cmd/environment.go
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ This returns a direct URL to the backup, this is a signed download link with a l
 		for _, backup := range backupsResult.Backups {
 			if backup.BackupID == backupID {
 				if backup.Restore.RestoreLocation != "" {
-					resultData := output.Result{Result: backup.Restore.RestoreLocation}
-					r := output.RenderResult(resultData, outputOptions)
+					r := output.RenderString(backup.Restore.RestoreLocation, outputOptions)
 					fmt.Fprintf(cmd.OutOrStdout(), "%s", r)
 					return nil
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/output/main.go b/pkg/output/main.go
index d31b9a57..a0b20752 100644
--- a/pkg/output/main.go
+++ b/pkg/output/main.go
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ func RenderOutput(data Table, opts Options) string {
 	}
 }
 
+// RenderString renders a simple string with no extra formatting.
+func RenderString(msg string, opts Options) string {
+	if opts.JSON {
+		return RenderJSON(trimQuotes(msg), opts)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", trimQuotes(msg))
+}
+
 func trimQuotes(s string) string {
 	if len(s) >= 2 {
 		if s[0] == '"' && s[len(s)-1] == '"' {
diff --git a/pkg/output/main_test.go b/pkg/output/main_test.go
index 50a743b9..dfc0ec61 100644
--- a/pkg/output/main_test.go
+++ b/pkg/output/main_test.go
@@ -122,3 +122,24 @@ func TestRenderOutput(t *testing.T) {
 		checkEqual(t, output, testSuccess2, " render output table stdout no header processing failed")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRenderString(t *testing.T) {
+	var testData = `Plain string message`
+	var testSuccess1 = "Plain string message\n"
+
+	outputOptions := Options{
+		Header: false,
+		CSV:    false,
+		JSON:   false,
+		Pretty: false,
+	}
+
+	output := RenderString(testData, outputOptions)
+	checkEqual(t, output, testSuccess1, " render string processing failed")
+
+	var testSuccess2 = `"Plain string message"`
+	outputOptions.JSON = true
+
+	output = RenderString(testData, outputOptions)
+	checkEqual(t, output, testSuccess2, " render string json processing failed")
+}