Class: OctofactsUpdater::Service::Base

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/octofacts_updater/service/base.rb

Direct Known Subclasses

LocalFile, SSH

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.parse_yaml(yaml_string) ⇒ Object

Parse a YAML fact file from PuppetServer. This removes the header (e.g. “— !ruby/object:Puppet::Node::Facts”) so that it’s not necessary to bring in all of Puppet.

yaml_string - A String with YAML to parse.

Returns a Hash with the facts.



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# File 'lib/octofacts_updater/service/base.rb', line 15

def self.parse_yaml(yaml_string)
  # Convert first "---" after any comments and blank lines.
  yaml_array = yaml_string.to_s.split("\n")
  yaml_array.each_with_index do |line, index|
    next if line =~ /\A\s*#/
    next if line.strip == ""
    if line.start_with?("---")
      yaml_array[index] = "---"
    end
    break
  end

  # Parse the YAML file
  result = YAML.safe_load(yaml_array.join("\n"))

  # Pull out "values" if this is in a name-values format. Otherwise just return the hash.
  return result["values"] if result["values"].is_a?(Hash)
  result
end