Stop relying on device-type.json for resolving the device type aliases

Resolves: #2541
Change-type: patch
Signed-off-by: Thodoris Greasidis <thodoris@balena.io>

lib/commands/devices/supported.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { flags } from '@oclif/command';
+import type * as BalenaSdk from 'balena-sdk';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import Command from '../../command';
 
@@ -59,36 +60,38 @@ export default class DevicesSupportedCmd extends Command {
 
 	public async run() {
 		const { flags: options } = this.parse<FlagsDef, {}>(DevicesSupportedCmd);
-		const [dts, configDTs] = await Promise.all([
+		const pineOptions = {
-			getBalenaSdk().models.deviceType.getAllSupported({
+			$select: (['slug', 'name'] as const).slice(),
-				$expand: { is_of__cpu_architecture: { $select: 'slug' } },
+			$expand: {
-				$select: ['slug', 'name'],
+				is_of__cpu_architecture: { $select: 'slug' },
-			}),
+				device_type_alias: {
-			getBalenaSdk().models.config.getDeviceTypes(),
+					$select: 'is_referenced_by__alias',
-		]);
+					$orderby: 'is_referenced_by__alias asc',
-		const dtsBySlug = _.keyBy(dts, (dt) => dt.slug);
+				},
-		const configDTsBySlug = _.keyBy(configDTs, (dt) => dt.slug);
+			},
+		} as const;
+		const dts = (await getBalenaSdk().models.deviceType.getAllSupported(
+			pineOptions,
+		)) as Array<
+			BalenaSdk.PineTypedResult<BalenaSdk.DeviceType, typeof pineOptions>
+		>;
 		interface DT {
 			slug: string;
 			aliases: string[];
 			arch: string;
 			name: string;
 		}
-		let deviceTypes: DT[] = [];
+		let deviceTypes = dts.map((dt): DT => {
-		for (const slug of Object.keys(dtsBySlug)) {
+			const aliases = dt.device_type_alias
-			const configDT: Partial<typeof configDTs[0]> =
+				.map((dta) => dta.is_referenced_by__alias)
-				configDTsBySlug[slug] || {};
+				.filter((alias) => alias !== dt.slug);
-			const aliases = (configDT.aliases || []).filter(
+			return {
-				(alias) => alias !== slug,
+				slug: dt.slug,
-			);
-			const dt: Partial<typeof dts[0]> = dtsBySlug[slug] || {};
-			deviceTypes.push({
-				slug,
 				aliases: options.json ? aliases : [aliases.join(', ')],
-				arch: (dt.is_of__cpu_architecture as any)?.[0]?.slug || 'n/a',
+				arch: dt.is_of__cpu_architecture[0]?.slug || 'n/a',
 				name: dt.name || 'N/A',
+			};
 		});
-		}
 		const fields = ['slug', 'aliases', 'arch', 'name'];
 		deviceTypes = _.sortBy(deviceTypes, fields);
 		if (options.json) {

lib/utils/cloud.ts

@@ -107,16 +107,6 @@ export const getDeviceAndMaybeAppFromUUID = _.memoize(
 	(_sdk, deviceUUID) => deviceUUID,
 );
 
-/** Given a device type alias like 'nuc', return the actual slug like 'intel-nuc'. */
-export const unaliasDeviceType = _.memoize(async function (
-	sdk: SDK.BalenaSDK,
-	deviceType: string,
-): Promise<string> {
-	return (
-		(await sdk.models.device.getManifestBySlug(deviceType)).slug || deviceType
-	);
-});
-
 /**
  * Download balenaOS image for the specified `deviceType`.
  * `OSVersion` may be one of:
@@ -255,8 +245,8 @@ export async function getOsVersions(
 	);
 	// if slug is an alias, fetch the real slug
 	if (!versions.length) {
-		// unaliasDeviceType() produces a nice error msg if slug is invalid
+		// unalias device type slug
-		slug = await unaliasDeviceType(sdk, slug);
+		slug = (await sdk.models.deviceType.get(slug, { $select: 'slug' })).slug;
 		if (slug !== deviceType) {
 			versions = await sdk.models.os.getAvailableOsVersions(slug);
 		}

tests/commands/device/supported.spec.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ describe('balena devices supported', function () {
 
 	it('should list currently supported devices, with correct filtering', async () => {
 		api.expectGetDeviceTypes();
-		api.expectGetConfigDeviceTypes();
 
 		const { out, err } = await runCommand('devices supported');
 
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ describe('balena devices supported', function () {
 		expect(lines).to.have.lengthOf.at.least(2);
 		expect(lines).to.contain('intel-nuc nuc amd64 Intel NUC');
 		expect(lines).to.contain(
-			'odroid-xu4 odroid-ux3, odroid-u3+ armv7hf ODROID-XU4',
+			'odroid-xu4 odroid-u3+, odroid-ux3 armv7hf ODROID-XU4',
 		);
 		expect(err).to.eql([]);
 	});