From 9fc117b105c67aae4c580dcc5d5c622ce878fef1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thePR0M3TH3AN <53631862+PR0M3TH3AN@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 14:46:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(cli): auto install GUI backend

---
 src/seedpass/cli.py         | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 src/tests/test_typer_cli.py | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/seedpass/cli.py b/src/seedpass/cli.py
index 3fceb5a..7cc3b20 100644
--- a/src/seedpass/cli.py
+++ b/src/seedpass/cli.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from . import api as api_module
 
 import importlib
 import importlib.util
+import subprocess
 
 app = typer.Typer(
     help="SeedPass command line interface",
@@ -750,11 +751,36 @@ def api_stop(ctx: typer.Context, host: str = "127.0.0.1", port: int = 8000) -> N
 
 @app.command()
 def gui() -> None:
-    """Launch the BeeWare GUI."""
+    """Launch the BeeWare GUI.
+
+    If the platform specific backend is missing, attempt to install it and
+    retry launching the GUI.
+    """
+    if not _gui_backend_available():
+        if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
+            pkg = "toga-gtk"
+        elif sys.platform == "win32":
+            pkg = "toga-winforms"
+        elif sys.platform == "darwin":
+            pkg = "toga-cocoa"
+        else:
+            typer.echo(
+                f"Unsupported platform '{sys.platform}' for BeeWare GUI.",
+                err=True,
+            )
+            raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+        typer.echo(f"Attempting to install {pkg} for GUI support...")
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", pkg])
+            typer.echo(f"Successfully installed {pkg}.")
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
+            typer.echo(f"Failed to install {pkg}: {exc}", err=True)
+            raise typer.Exit(1)
+
     if not _gui_backend_available():
         typer.echo(
-            "No BeeWare GUI backend found. Install 'toga-gtk' (Linux), "
-            "'toga-winforms' (Windows) or 'toga-cocoa' (macOS) to run the GUI.",
+            "BeeWare GUI backend still unavailable after installation attempt.",
             err=True,
         )
         raise typer.Exit(1)
diff --git a/src/tests/test_typer_cli.py b/src/tests/test_typer_cli.py
index fc48c82..35b3d0d 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_typer_cli.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_typer_cli.py
@@ -564,7 +564,35 @@ def test_gui_command(monkeypatch):
 
 
 def test_gui_command_no_backend(monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.setattr(cli.importlib.util, "find_spec", lambda n: None)
+    """Install backend if missing and launch GUI."""
+
+    call_count = {"n": 0}
+
+    def backend_available() -> bool:
+        call_count["n"] += 1
+        return call_count["n"] > 1
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli, "_gui_backend_available", backend_available)
+
+    installed = {}
+
+    def fake_check_call(cmd):
+        installed["cmd"] = cmd
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli.subprocess, "check_call", fake_check_call)
+
+    called = {}
+
+    def fake_main():
+        called["gui"] = True
+
+    monkeypatch.setitem(
+        sys.modules,
+        "seedpass_gui.app",
+        SimpleNamespace(main=fake_main),
+    )
+
     result = runner.invoke(app, ["gui"])
-    assert result.exit_code == 1
-    assert "BeeWare GUI backend" in result.stderr
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert installed.get("cmd") is not None
+    assert called.get("gui") is True