Add the ability for the loadjson() and loadyaml() functions to accept

an HTTP or HTTPS URI.

Author: jonnytdevops

README.md

@@ -1697,6 +1697,8 @@ Loads a JSON file containing an array, string, or hash, and returns the data in
 
 For example:
 
+The first parameter can be an absolute file path, or a URL.
+
 ```puppet
 $myhash = loadjson('/etc/puppet/data/myhash.json')
 ```

lib/puppet/parser/functions/loadjson.rb

@@ -1,31 +1,43 @@
 #
 # loadjson.rb
 #
+
 module Puppet::Parser::Functions
   newfunction(:loadjson, :type => :rvalue, :arity => -2, :doc => <<-'DOC') do |args|
     Load a JSON file containing an array, string, or hash, and return the data
     in the corresponding native data type.
+    The first parameter can be a file path or a URL.
     The second parameter is the default value. It will be returned if the file
     was not found or could not be parsed.
 
     For example:
 
         $myhash = loadjson('/etc/puppet/data/myhash.json')
+        $myhash = loadjson('https://example.local/my_hash.json')
         $myhash = loadjson('no-file.json', {'default' => 'value'})
   DOC
 
     raise ArgumentError, 'Wrong number of arguments. 1 or 2 arguments should be provided.' unless args.length >= 1
-
-    if File.exists?(args[0]) # rubocop:disable Lint/DeprecatedClassMethods : Changing to .exist? breaks the code
-      begin
+    require 'open-uri'
+    begin
+      if args[0].start_with?('http://', 'https://')
+        begin
+          contents = open(args[0])
+        rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => err
+          res = err.io
+          warning("Can't load '#{args[0]}' HTTP Error Code: '#{res.status[0]}'")
+          args[1]
+        end
+        PSON.load(contents) || args[1]
+      elsif File.exists?(args[0]) # rubocop:disable Lint/DeprecatedClassMethods : Changing to .exist? breaks the code
         content = File.read(args[0])
         PSON.load(content) || args[1]
-      rescue StandardError => e
-        raise e unless args[1]
+      else
+        warning("Can't load '#{args[0]}' File does not exist!")
         args[1]
       end
-    else
-      warning("Can't load '#{args[0]}' File does not exist!")
+    rescue StandardError => e
+      raise e unless args[1]
       args[1]
     end
   end

lib/puppet/parser/functions/loadyaml.rb

@@ -5,27 +5,38 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
   newfunction(:loadyaml, :type => :rvalue, :arity => -2, :doc => <<-'DOC') do |args|
     Load a YAML file containing an array, string, or hash, and return the data
     in the corresponding native data type.
+    The first parameter can be a file path or a URL.
     The second parameter is the default value. It will be returned if the file
     was not found or could not be parsed.
 
     For example:
 
         $myhash = loadyaml('/etc/puppet/data/myhash.yaml')
+        $myhash = loadyaml('https://example.local/my_hash.yaml')
         $myhash = loadyaml('no-file.yaml', {'default' => 'value'})
   DOC
 
     raise ArgumentError, 'Wrong number of arguments. 1 or 2 arguments should be provided.' unless args.length >= 1
     require 'yaml'
-
-    if File.exists?(args[0]) # rubocop:disable Lint/DeprecatedClassMethods : Changing to .exist? breaks the code
-      begin
+    require 'open-uri'
+    begin
+      if args[0].start_with?('http://', 'https://')
+        begin
+          contents = open(args[0])
+        rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => err
+          res = err.io
+          warning("Can't load '#{args[0]}' HTTP Error Code: '#{res.status[0]}'")
+          args[1]
+        end
+        YAML.safe_load(contents) || args[1]
+      elsif File.exists?(args[0]) # rubocop:disable Lint/DeprecatedClassMethods : Changing to .exist? breaks the code
         YAML.load_file(args[0]) || args[1]
-      rescue StandardError => e
-        raise e unless args[1]
+      else
+        warning("Can't load '#{args[0]}' File does not exist!")
         args[1]
       end
-    else
-      warning("Can't load '#{args[0]}' File does not exist!")
+    rescue StandardError => e
+      raise e unless args[1]
       args[1]
     end
   end

spec/functions/loadjson_spec.rb

@@ -65,5 +65,35 @@
       end
       it { is_expected.to run.with_params(filename, 'default' => 'value').and_return('default' => 'value') }
     end
+
+    context 'when an existing URL is specified' do
+      let(:filename) do
+        'https://example.local/myhash.json'
+      end
+      let(:data) { { 'key' => 'value', 'ķęŷ' => 'νậŀųề', 'キー' => '値' } }
+      let(:json) { '{"key":"value", {"ķęŷ":"νậŀųề" }, {"キー":"値" }' }
+
+      before(:each) do
+        allow(File).to receive(:exists?).with(filename).and_return(true).once
+        allow(File).to receive(:read).with(filename).and_return(json).once
+        allow(File).to receive(:read).with(filename).and_return(json).once
+        allow(PSON).to receive(:load).with(json).and_return(data).once
+      end
+      it { is_expected.to run.with_params(filename).and_return(data) }
+    end
+
+    context 'when the URL output could not be parsed' do
+      let(:filename) do
+        'https://example.local/myhash.json'
+      end
+      let(:json) { '{"key":"value"}' }
+
+      before(:each) do
+        allow(File).to receive(:exists?).with(filename).and_return(true).once
+        allow(File).to receive(:read).with(filename).and_return(json).once
+        allow(PSON).to receive(:load).with(json).once.and_raise StandardError, 'Something terrible have happened!'
+      end
+      it { is_expected.to run.with_params(filename, 'default' => 'value').and_return('default' => 'value') }
+    end
   end
 end