Puppet Function: load_module_metadata

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

Summary

This function loads the metadata of a given module.

Overview

load_module_metadata() ⇒ Any

Examples:

Example USage:

$metadata = load_module_metadata('archive')
notify { $metadata['author']: }

Returns:

  • (Any) —

    The modules metadata



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# File 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/load_module_metadata.rb', line 7

newfunction(:load_module_metadata, type: :rvalue, doc: <<-DOC
  @summary
    This function loads the metadata of a given module.

  @example Example USage:
    $metadata = load_module_metadata('archive')
    notify { $metadata['author']: }

  @return
    The modules metadata
DOC
) do |args|
  raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'load_module_metadata(): Wrong number of arguments, expects one or two') unless [1, 2].include?(args.size)
  mod = args[0]
  allow_empty_metadata = args[1]
  module_path = function_get_module_path([mod])
  metadata_json = File.join(module_path, 'metadata.json')

  metadata_exists = File.exists?(metadata_json) # rubocop:disable Lint/DeprecatedClassMethods : Changing to .exist? breaks the code
  if metadata_exists
    metadata = PSON.load(File.read(metadata_json))
  else
    metadata = {}
    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "load_module_metadata(): No metadata.json file for module #{mod}") unless allow_empty_metadata
  end

  return metadata
end