require 'json' def array_of_hash?(list) return false unless list.class == Array list.each do |e| return false unless e.class == Hash end true end module Puppet::Parser::Functions newfunction(:to_array_of_json_strings, :arity =>1, :type => :rvalue, :doc => "Convert input array of hashes (optionally JSON encoded) to a puppet Array of JSON encoded Strings") do |arg| list = arg[0] if list.class == String begin begin list = JSON.load(list) rescue JSON::ParserError # If parsing failed it could be a legacy format that uses single quotes. # NB This will corrupt valid JSON data, e.g {"foo": "\'"} => {"foo": "\""} list = JSON.load(list.gsub("'","\"")) Puppet.warning("#{arg[0]} is not valid JSON. Support for this format is deprecated and may be removed in future.") end rescue JSON::ParserError raise Puppet::ParseError, "Syntax error: #{arg[0]} is not valid" end end unless array_of_hash?(list) raise Puppet::ParseError, "Syntax error: #{arg[0]} is not an Array or JSON encoded String" end rv = [] list.each do |e| rv.push(e.to_json) end return rv end end