New method to execute using a progress bar feedback on process

DiscordBot/Bot/Actions/Plugin.cs

@@ -43,20 +43,13 @@ public class Plugin : ICommandAction
                 await Program.internalActionManager.Refresh();
                 break;
             case "list":
-
-                var data = await manager.GetAvailablePlugins();
-                var items = new List<string[]>
-                {
-                    new[] { "-", "-", "-", "-" },
-                    new[] { "Name", "Description", "Type", "Version" },
-                    new[] { "-", "-", "-", "-" }
-                };
-
-                foreach (var plugin in data) items.Add(new[] { plugin[0], plugin[1], plugin[2], plugin[3] });
-
-                items.Add(new[] { "-", "-", "-", "-" });
-
-                ConsoleUtilities.FormatAndAlignTable(items, TableFormat.DEFAULT);
+                var data = await ConsoleUtilities.ExecuteWithProgressBar(manager.GetAvailablePlugins(), "Loading plugins...");
+                
+                TableData tableData = new(new List<string> { "Name", "Description", "Type", "Version" });
+                foreach (var plugin in data) tableData.AddRow(plugin);
+                tableData.HasRoundBorders = false;
+                tableData.PrintAsTable();
+                
                 break;
 
 

DiscordBot/Utilities/Console Utilities.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,63 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Spectre.Console;
 
 namespace DiscordBot.Utilities;
 
+public class TableData
+{
+    public List<string> Columns;
+    public List<string[]> Rows;
+    
+    public bool IsEmpty => Rows.Count == 0;
+    public bool HasRoundBorders { get; set; } = true;
+    
+    public TableData(List<string> columns)
+    {
+        Columns = columns;
+        Rows    = new List<string[]>();
+    }
+    
+    public TableData(string[] columns)
+    {
+        Columns = columns.ToList();
+        Rows    = new List<string[]>();
+    }
+    
+    public void AddRow(string[] row)
+    {
+        Rows.Add(row);
+    }
+}
+
 public static class ConsoleUtilities
 {
+
+    public static async Task<T> ExecuteWithProgressBar<T>(Task<T> function, string message)
+    {
+        T result = default;
+        await AnsiConsole.Progress()
+            .Columns(new ProgressColumn[]
+            {
+                new TaskDescriptionColumn(),
+                new ProgressBarColumn(),
+                new PercentageColumn(),
+            })
+            .StartAsync(async ctx =>
+            {
+                var task = ctx.AddTask(message);
+                task.IsIndeterminate = true;
+                result = await function;
+                task.Increment(100);
+                
+            });
+
+        return result;
+    }
+    
     private static readonly Dictionary<char, ConsoleColor> Colors = new()
     {
         { 'g', ConsoleColor.Green },
@@ -22,13 +74,38 @@ public static class ConsoleUtilities
         return MathF.Abs(f - y) < 0.000001;
     }
 
+    public static void PrintAsTable(this TableData tableData)
+    {
+        var table = new Table();
+        table.Border(tableData.HasRoundBorders ? TableBorder.Rounded : TableBorder.Square);
+        table.AddColumns(tableData.Columns.ToArray());
+        foreach (var row in tableData.Rows)
+            table.AddRow(row);
+        
+        AnsiConsole.Write(table);
+    }
+
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     A way to create a table based on input data
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="data">The List of arrays of strings that represent the rows.</param>
+    /// <param name="data">The List of arrays of string that represent the rows.</param>
     public static void FormatAndAlignTable(List<string[]> data, TableFormat format)
     {
+        if (format == TableFormat.SPECTRE_CONSOLE)
+        {
+            var table = new Table();
+            table.Border(TableBorder.Rounded);
+            table.AddColumns(data[0]);
+            data.RemoveAt(0);
+            foreach (var row in data)
+                table.AddRow(row);
+            
+            AnsiConsole.Write(table);
+            
+            return;
+        }
+        
         if (format == TableFormat.CENTER_EACH_COLUMN_BASED)
         {
             var tableLine  = '-';

DiscordBot/Utilities/Enums.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 public enum TableFormat
 {
+    SPECTRE_CONSOLE,
     CENTER_EACH_COLUMN_BASED,
     CENTER_OVERALL_LENGTH,
     DEFAULT

PluginManager/Online/PluginsManager.cs

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class PluginsManager
     /// <returns></returns>
     public async Task<List<string[]>> GetAvailablePlugins()
     {
-        Config.Logger.Log("Got data from " + VersionsLink, this, LogLevel.INFO);
+        // Config.Logger.Log("Got data from " + VersionsLink, this, LogLevel.INFO);
         try
         {
             var list  = await ServerCom.ReadTextFromURL(PluginsLink);
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ public class PluginsManager
                     }
                 }
             }
-
-            data.Add(new[] { "-", "-", "-", "-" });
-
             return data;
         }
         catch (Exception exception)
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@ public class PluginsManager
             var split = item.Split(',');
             if (split[0] == pakName)
             {
-                Config.Logger.Log("Searched for " + pakName + " and found " + split[1] + " as version.", LogLevel.INFO);
+                // Config.Logger.Log("Searched for " + pakName + " and found " + split[1] + " as version.", LogLevel.INFO);
                 return new VersionString(split[1]);
             }
         }