Puppet Function: parsejson

Defined in:
lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Overview

parsejson() ⇒ Any

This function accepts JSON as a string and converts it into the correct Puppet structure.

The optional second argument can be used to pass a default value that will be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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# File 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb', line 5

newfunction(:parsejson, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-DOC
  This function accepts JSON as a string and converts it into the correct
  Puppet structure.

  The optional second argument can be used to pass a default value that will
  be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.
DOC
           ) do |arguments|
  raise ArgumentError, 'Wrong number of arguments. 1 or 2 arguments should be provided.' unless arguments.length >= 1

  begin
    PSON.load(arguments[0]) || arguments[1]
  rescue StandardError => e
    raise e unless arguments[1]
    arguments[1]
  end
end